"Salty as the sea?" We don't think so. For every 1 pound of pasta and 5 to 6 quarts of water add 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons of sea salt. Salting pasta water reduces stickiness and adds flavor to the pasta ...

Should you add salt to pasta water? The short answer is yes, you absolutely should! But what exactly does salt do to pasta? And how salty should pasta water be? We answer these questions and more — ...

Have you ever been in the position as a kid where your parents would tell you to do something and you constantly refused -- until they explained why, and then you happily went along with it? That's ...