Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Science has perfected the art of cacio e pepe, sometimes referred to as an Italian version of mac n' cheese. (Getty Creative) ...

Cacio e pepe, in its traditional form, consists of exactly five ingredients: pasta, pecorino Romano cheese, black pepper, salt and water. With such a short list, you might think it would be a cinch to ...

Cacio e Pepe, "How hard could it be?" But traumatized home cooks will tell you this creamy dream requires a magician's finesse and an Italian grandmother's patience. Can science make a better Cacio?

Physicists have discovered the key to a consistently delicious cacio e pepe pasta, a traditional Italian dish made with black pepper and pecorino cheese. Cooking cacio e pepe involves melting the ...

Cooking is a science, after all. There’s no denying that pasta is one of my favorite types of food. Whether it's spaghetti with marinara, mac and cheese, or any pasta for that matter, saucy noodles ...

What started as a frustrating kitchen challenge turned into award-winning science: Fabrizio Olmeda and his colleagues scientifically decoded the secret of creamy cacio e pepe and earned the Ig Nobel ...

Nobody does pasta quite like the Italians, as anyone who has tasted an authentic “pasta alla cacio e pepe” can attest. It’s a simple dish: just tonnarelli pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. But its ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The classic Italian dish known as cacio e pepe only requires three ...

Science may have perfected the sauce, but the real recipe was always about something more: memory, ritual, and making meaning through imperfection. When scientists recently unveiled a physics-based ...

Italian scientists have drawn from thermodynamic principles to prevent a famous pasta from turning into a gooey mess. By Alexander Nazaryan A group of Italian physicists has dared to tinker with the ...

It’s not your cooking skills that is making your cacio e pepe subpar — it’s science. Fortunately, new research is here to help you master this deliciously simple dish. Cacio e pepe might be considered ...