A lot of good cooking is in technique. What’s something that you discovered or was told that really changed something meaningful for you? For me, I had struggled a lot to make omelettes. They always wound up becoming scrambled eggs because I sucked at flipping them over to cook on the other side (I like my eggs cooked pretty well so this was important to me.) Finally, watching someone else make an omelette, I noticed they didn’t flip it. They put a lid on the pan, turned the heat down, and let the top cook that way. I tried it myself and now I make almost perfect omelettes every time. Have you had anything like this happen to you? If so, what was it?
Yeah, pasta water has been a game changer for me for the last couple years. I had never known it before but it’s kind of irrelevant for marinara sauce. Now I’ve switched from always marinara to never. I prefer pesto, and the pasta water turns it nicely creamy. My teen prefers a lemon butter garlic sauce, which also does really well with pasta water.
Now if only I can remember to save some pasta water more reliably