The most common instruction that I see on the back of pasta boxes is to use 4 to 6 quarts of water per pound of pasta.

In general, fresh pasta cooks in two to four minutes, while thin varieties such as angel hair cook in one to two minutes.

I’ll be the first to admit that I can be a bit chaotic in the kitchen. I like to be efficient with my time, so I’m usually trying to do multiple things at once. If I’m boiling a pot of pasta, I might ...