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"In my last blog, I shared 5 pasta cooking techniques we used for our March story. Here, more tricks to enjoying the best pasta ever. We hope our Pasta Plus 5 story, in which we toss noodles with 5 ingredients for fast and flavorful weeknight dinners, inspires you to create your own dishes too. Here&amp;#039;s all you need: 1. Buy Good Pasta: We love the bargains you can find in the supermarket pasta aisle, but if you want to really enjoy the flavor of pasta, splurge on the special stuff. High-quality pasta can be simply dressed with olive oil and garlic and still taste delicious. Here in New York, the Italian market Eataly has this whole section devoted to beautiful noodles (and you can order from them online!).   2. Time It Right: Yes, to avoid overcooking, but also to eat it! Every time I did a pasta tasting in the test kitchen, I hollered, &amp;quot;Tasting! Tasting!&amp;quot; as if there was a fire. You have to get that first forkful in as soon as the dish is done. The noodles are most supple and flavorful hot out of the pan.   3. Broaden Your Horizons: Understanding the journey that Italian food has taken to America will give you the foundation for putting together authentic regional dishes. John Mariani just released a great new book, How Italian Food Conquered the World, that traces the path of dishes, chefs, and restaurateurs from Italy&amp;#039;s shores to ours. A fun read that&amp;#039;ll inspire you to follow steps 1 and 2.   If you want a &amp;quot;taste&amp;quot; of how we create dishes like our pasta ones in the test kitchen, come on one of our monthly tours: www.goodhousekeeping.com/ghritours. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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