"As someone with Italian heritage and a former restaurant cook, I can confidently say the most crucial step in making pasta is tossing the al dente pasta with the sauce in the pan. It’s a process called mantecare; a splash of starchy pasta water combined with the sauce and some fat in the form of olive oil or butter, with some vigorous stirring, emulsifies into a glossy sauce that perfectly coats each piece of pasta.
However, this process can get pretty messy. Energetic stirring is necessary for emulsification; all too often, I’ve accidentally sent some penne flying when stirring too quickly in a sauté pan. When I was moved to the sauté station at a fine-dining restaurant with several pasta dishes on the menu, I came across a solution to this problem: the Winco aluminum stir-fry pan."
JK Adams's Plain Dowel Rolling Pin was featured as a great accessory in this piece.
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