One pot pasta

One pot pasta is a pasta cooking technique popularized by Martha Stewart in 2013. In 2025 Food & Wine called it out as one of 25 recipes that changed how America cooks.

Technique

The dish involves cooking all ingredients in a pot of boiling water that just covers the pasta rather than the more-typical technique of boiling the pasta in a large amount of water and making a sauce in a separate pan. The small amount of cooking water means the pasta creates its own sauce.[1]

Development and popularity

Stewart's technique was learned by Nora Singley, one of Stewart's recipe developers, from an Italian cook in Apulia in 2011 and was published in Martha Stewart Living in 2013.[1][2] The recipe went viral.[2] In 2025 Food & Wine included it on their list of The 25 Recipes That Changed How America Cooks.[3]

In 2025 Meghan Markle used the technique to make a dish she called skillet spaghetti on an episode of her show With Love, Meghan; the technique again went viral.[4] Markle was criticized for not crediting Stewart.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Heil, Emily (6 March 2025). "Back off, Meghan Markle haters: Her one-pot pasta technique is legit". Washington Post.
  2. 1 2 Miglore, risten (2015-08-26). "The Late Night in Puglia That Gave Us Martha Stewart's One-Pan Pasta (+ 7 New Ones)". Food52. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  3. ↑ Killeen, Breana Lai (3 October 2025). "The 25 Recipes That Changed How America Cooks". Food & Wine. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  4. ↑ Havens-Bowen, Austin (2025-05-21). "The Science Behind Meghan Markle's One-Pot Pasta And Its Creamy Sauce". Tasting Table. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
  5. ↑ Mahlaka, Ray (2025-04-04). "Meghan Markle's 'skillet spaghetti' stirs debate". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
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