As a food writer, I've perfected a few quick and easy recipes that I make regularly, like coconut chickpea stew or cheesy carbonara. But one dish I never seem to crave during the week is pasta ...

A surprising cooking trick—burning your pasta might just unlock bold, smoky flavors you never knew you needed.

Add the spaghetti and cooked to your desired doneness ... Stir it occasionally so that as the butter begins to brown the dark bits of burnt butter don’t stick to the bottom of the pan.

Kelly and Mark looked on, making commentary as Giada shared her secret to making Pasta Assassina, also known as “burnt” spaghetti. Kelly was impressed that no boiling was involved when cooking ...

Same goes for Spaghetti all'Assassina. Food lovers say it first popped up in Bari, Italy, in the late 1960s at a restaurant called Al Sorso Preferito, thanks to Chef Enzo Francavilla. As the story ...

He first cooks his pasta in olive oil with crushed red pepper flakes and garlic, then adds tomato sauce and finally ladelfuls of water to create a spicy, partially burnt spaghetti dish.

“One evening, the chef prepared a dish of very spicy and slightly burnt spaghetti with tomato sauce for some customers,” Rizzi said. “It was probably burned by mistake, but the diners seemed ...