Lidia Bastianich shows how to make her skillet ... "The oil coats the pasta and then the sauce slides off. You want the pasta that sort of kisses with the sauce, and all together is delicious.

Add chile flakes to pan with tomatoes and garlic, and when everything is toasty but not at all burnt, add a ladleful of pasta water and stir to start making the sauce. Once sauce reduces ...

For Lidia Bastianich, pasta primavera is the simple ... the boiling water and cook until just al dente. Transfer the pasta to the sauce, sprinkle with the basil and toss to coat the pasta with ...

Lidia says that any of those nuts can ... to drain your pasta with a strainer and heat the pasta and sauce up in your pasta pot, Bastianich recommends against it—you want to keep your pesto ...

Culinary icon, cookbook author and host Lidia Bastianich will be ... food to begin with in the beginning. Bastianich: I certainly always go to pasta. I think it's because I'm Italian, because ...