[Kevin Cheung] likes to upcycle old soda cans into — well — things. The metal is thin enough to cut by hand, but he’d started using a manual die-cutting machine, and it worked well. The problem? The ...

Home cooks, including myself, often wonder why pasta at Italian restaurants tastes so much better than pasta made at home. It’s never too slippery, and its sauce, no matter how silky or chunky, seems ...