We like to think we’re practically carb experts here at Prima.co.uk, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t occasionally wondered whether we’re cooking our pasta to perfection, or whether it could potentially get EVEN tastier… Well, scientists now claim to have identified the ultimate technique for preparing your pasta like a total pro. The American Chemical …

It seems like there’s no end to the number of hacky cooking tricks for mastering our favourite foods. From meals you can make in a microwave to feasts prepared on a panini press, hacky snacks could practically be its own food group. Who doesn’t love a perfect meal with less fuss that’s done in half …

Whether you’re making a fresh batch of lemonade, a citrus salad dressing, or a lemon tart, chances are you’ll be using your handheld lemon squeezer. For most people, the lemon-juicing process goes like this: cut a lemon in half, put it in the squeezer with the cut side down, and squeeze. But it turns out, …

Lobster is all well and good as a treat in a fancy restaurant, but how about serving it at home? Lots of the major supermarkets are stocking lobster as a treat for Christmas this year – and with many of them already cooked, it could be an easier dish to make than you’d expect. If …

Eggs are basically the easiest thing you could choose to cook, right? So why is it that we’re learning new cooking hacks all the time? From how to make the perfect scrambled, to the hack for a fuss-free hard-boiled and now to the way you’re supposed to fry an egg (which we definitely haven’t been …