If you haven't cooked with squid ink before, you might be confused about how and when to use it in your pasta dishes. A natural dye that's made and stored in the ink sacs of squid and other ...

First put water to boil to cook the pasta, once it is boiling add sea salt. Your water must taste like sea water, so don’t be shy and don’t add a pinch of salt…..will do nothing to the dish at all.

Pasta is the ultimate comfort food. It’s versatile, easy to make, and tasty. The mere sight of a plate of golden noodles fills me with warmth. But what if those golden noodles are bluish black? No, ...

I have a dumb and stubborn rule about cooking with bourbon. I don’t do it. Ever. Why? Because by my calculation, there’s not a dish on the planet that’s more pleasurable with a shot of bourbon in it ...

Pinch of crushed red pepperSteps: • Grill oiled jalapeño and poblano pepper until a nice char develops, cover to steam. • Peel and seed peppers, chop. • Drop squid ink spaghetti in rapidly boiling ...

Note: You may substitute 1 pound squid or shelled, deveined shrimp for the octopus. Shrimp will cook in just 3 minutes. Find squid ink pasta in gourmet stores and some Italian markets. 1 pound squid ...

Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a large skillet over high. Working in 2 batches, season squid with salt and pepper and cook, stirring often, until cooked through, about 3 minutes (don’t overcook or it’ll get ...