Friday, February 27, 2009

The Curious Cook - Do You Need All That Water to Boil Pasta? - NYTimes.com

Turns out you can use a lot less water
But I may still stick with the big old pot

The Curious Cook - Do You Need All That Water to Boil Pasta? - NYTimes.com:

"Why boil so much more water than pasta actually absorbs, only to pour it down the drain? Couldn’t we cook pasta just as well with much less water and energy? Another question quickly followed: if we could, what would the defenders of Italian tradition say?

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Thomas Fuchs

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Recipe: One-Pan Pasta With Garlic and Oil (February 25, 2009)

After some experiments, I’ve found that we can indeed make pasta in just a few cups of water and save a good deal of energy"

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