Spaghetti boiling in a pot
You may already know that placing huge meatballs on pasta is actually quite un-Italian, and that some nonnas place baking soda and sugar in their pasta sauce to make tinned tomatoes taste less acidic.
You might even be aware that nutmeg is a powerhouse ingredient a lot of non-Italians miss in their savoury creamy dishes.
But a recent Reddit post was about something seemingly simpler: cooking pasta itself.
“Why do pasta instructions always say you need so much water?”...