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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have developed a foolproof recipe for cacio e pepe, based on their findings studying the physics of mixing cheese in water and determining the mechanism that causes the cheese sauce to go ...

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?