How to keep pasta from sticking together

Spaghetti needs two things to keep it from sticking after it's been drained: more water or sauce. It's the starch left on the strands that causes it to be sticky. A final dunking in hot water just before adding the sauce warms it up and removes remaining starch. Keep the pasta moist when ...

Let's go over the causes of sticky pasta, different precautions you can take to avoid sticky pasta, and how to freeze and refrigerate pasta!

The most annoying part of cooking pasta is having it boil in the saucepan. only to have it clump up into a ball after you drain the water out – completely stuck together. But pasta doesn’t always have to come out that way, and there’s a simple trick for making pasta cook perfectly al dente […]

Cooking pasta may seem easy, but the perfect texture and taste requires attention to detail. Here are the ten most common mistakes.

Want to learn how to keep noodles from sticking together after you cook them? My Italian friend taught me this trick after I commented on how hers don’t stick and mine do. When you finish cooking your noodles and pour them into your drainer, run hot water over them. Toss them around in the drainer […]

Rule number 1: Pick a big pot.

Since we have been eating less meat and poultry lately, our consumption of whole grain pastas has increased. One of my personal favorites is simple pasta which is just spaghetti cooked with a bit o…

Join me in the kitchen as I share how to keep your pasta from sticking, Italian-style. You won't believe how easy it is!

Pasta sticks together because as noodles are boiled, they release starch. To prevent this, follow our tips for how to keep pasta from sticking on your next spaghetti night.

Like most foods, pasta tastes best when it's freshly cooked, piping hot, straight from the pot. If you tried reheating plain pasta and found it all stuck together,