Cooking pasta can be tricky, especially when it comes to measuring out the right amount. It's common to end up with leftover spaghetti, whether you're cooking for yourself, a family dinner, or a ...

Most people cook pasta by feel. It works on busy nights, but it usually leads to leftovers that linger in the fridge or plates that feel a little too light. Since pasta expands as it cooks, figuring ...

KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/DETROIT FREE PRESS/TNSShort pasta, like the penne in this Penne with Broccoli, Sun-dried Tomatoes and Dijon Cream dish, is easier to measure than long pasta but it's easy enough ...

QUESTION: When an ingredient list calls for “2 cups” of pasta, to what does that refer? Two cups of cooked pasta is enough, but being listed on the ingredient list causes me to think the recipe is ...

A: When a recipe lists 2 cups of pasta, mostly likely it means dry pasta. With Free Press Test Kitchen recipes, if we want you to use cooked pasta we would list it as “2 cups cooked pasta.” If we want ...

A reader asks “When an ingredient list calls for “2 cups” of pasta, to what does that refer? Two cups of cooked pasta is enough, but being listed on the ingredient list causes me to think the recipe ...

Q: When an ingredient list calls for “2 cups” of pasta, to what does that refer? Two cups of cooked pasta is enough, but being listed on the ingredient list causes me to think the recipe is calling ...