// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did one pot pasta say? "I'm stirred.
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 1 2 Heil, Emily (6 March 2025). "Back off, Meghan Markle haters: Her one-pot pasta technique is legit". Washington Post.
- 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.
- ↑ Killeen, Breana Lai (3 October 2025). "The 25 Recipes That Changed How America Cooks". Food & Wine. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mahlaka, Ray (2025-04-04). "Meghan Markle's 'skillet spaghetti' stirs debate". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2025-10-26.