Here are few tricks to avoid falling into traps and urban myths how Italians eat and cook pasta:

* Do not add oil to the pasta cooking water. It makes  the pasta slippery and unable to ”hold” the sauce well.

* Do not cover the pot  when cooking pasta.

*Do make sure the salt is properly dissolved before throwing the pasta into the water.

* Do drain the pasta well: it should be moist, not dripping wet.

* Do not rinse the pasta after cooking, unless it is for a cold salad.

* Do not swamp the pasta with too much sauce ( a reminder to lots of Swedish ppl who loves sauces) , you need to be able to taste the pasta as well…. Here pasta is a cultural thing.

* Do add a little of the pasta cooking water to your sauce if its a little on the dry side.

* Do practise eating your pasta the Italian way. Using only a fork. Italians dont use a spoon and certainly NOT  knives.