On my f irst trip to Rome, my family and I stopped at a restaurant near Castel Sant’Angelo to celebrate my birthday. We ordered plates of pastas, salads, and pizza and devoured everything.

That’s why everyone should know how to make this cacio e pepe recipe. It’s pasta with cheese and pepper—what could be bad about that? The Roman classic requires just six ingredients (four ...

By Alexander Nazaryan A group of Italian physicists has dared to tinker with the traditional recipe for cacio e pepe, the challenging Roman dish consisting of pasta, pecorino cheese and black pepper.