15 Life-Changing Cooking Secrets You Can Learn From Italians

One of the biggest things Americans get wrong about pasta is not only how much sauce should be added to pasta, but also how to incorporate the sauce into the pasta. Penne or spaghetti should never sit on the plate with a big dollop of red sauce on top of it. You want to toss all of the pasta with all of the sauce while it's still on a warm stove so that every nook and cranny of the pasta gets coated and the flavors marry.