Why Your Pasta SUCKS (and how to fix it)
Italian food isn’t complicated… you’re just using mid ingredients.
In this video I show how better, fresher ingredients instantly level up your cooking and make your food stand out without doing anything fancy.
Same recipes. Way better results. 🇮🇹🍝
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Let me know what Italian recipes you’d like to see me make!

49 Comments
Dude, a little island called Calabria? Are you for real?
Why no onion? I noticed a lot of Italian dishes do not have onion
The amount of nonnas ive accidentally killed by burning my garlic…. i dont know if theres a number for that
Una receta muy rica 🤤
Cow. Lick.
I’m from Calabria and my eyes are shining. However, we’re not an island, we are at the end of peninsula, the famous “toe of the boot” (in fact if you see, Italy shape is similar to a boot)
Just to add a few tips on choosing good extra virgin olive oil (EVO)
1. Look at the date of production if available on the bottle. The more recent it's been made, the fresher it is and the better the taste.
2. Origin of the olives.
The best EVO has their olives come from one place because that means that the olive oil is bottled right after pressing, which means fresher olive oil. Regarding the location itself, this depends on personal preference. In general I suggest keep the source in the same continent you live in. If you are in Europe, olives from Europe are the best because it ensures freshness. Wether you like Italy, Spain, Greece, that is up to you (try different locations). If you are US based, try to look for oils made in California or other regions that match the climate olives need for healthy growing.
higher price, does not mean higher quality. Check these items to make sure you get the best olive oil for your money!
Kind regards,
An Italian
oh cool
Sei un grande, ottimo piatto.. bravo.
Ciao
ItsQCP is Italian?😊😊
Where is the video that you made with your mom where you reacted to videos why did you delete it and bring it back?
What type of recipe do you use for desert
Bro, I also love drinking olive oil and mine always burns the throat. Well it actually is expensive😅 0:44
Thanks! That was great info!
Is it wrong if I use Granda padano instead of parmegiano regiano😢
Hey Baby!!!♥♥
weeeee secondo me tutto giusto continua gianlu
im craving pasta now. imma need to try it! thanks for the recipe!!
I miss the Osmo Salt
Banger Video!
As someone who learned from my Nonno how to make pasta (I'm not Italian, he is though) this truely is the only way to make good authentic italian pasta, and every time i make it for American freinds they say its the best they ever had!!!
Pasta sucks in general. Just empty carbs and fattening.
@itsqcp what about pasta that is glueten free?
Parm must be the most important ingredient bc that’s the only one he pleasured👅
4:59 Please note that Calabria is not an island! It is not like Sardinia or Sicily. It is located in southern Italy, obviously attached to the rest of the Italian peninsula. Just take a look at a map of Italy. 😉
It is called "scola pasta" 🙂
You are making me hungry 😔🇸🇳🇸🇳
"Approuved !" can't wait for you next videos and.. are there more collaborations to come ? Lionsfield, chef Ruch, Vincenzo's plate or else ? It would be nice ! Thank U if you answer to this 😋
QCP will there be more like these vids on how I fck up Ilatian kitchen and how to get better ?
Real Italians don’t use garlic… that’s tooo much garlic..: 🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣 just a very very tiny amount and not chopped 🙈🙈 and after it releases the flavor we remove it!!!
More videos like this!
Ever since I started learning how to cook during the Covid years, you have been the guy I turn to whenever it comes to cooking pasta and it has really become my comfort food. Grazie.
Since when has Calabria been an island¿
Qcp, I like the way you cook the most famous Italian food ever, try to keep it up, live life, vibe on your souls and everything. Keep it up 😎👍🏾
I somehow overcook pasta and it falls apart into tiny bits . Still edible just not intact
Is anyone actually taking cooking advice from him?
G-garlic?? I’m out
Those Mutti cherry tomatoes look peeled — are they?
Hey QCP I have a question, can you cook a Carbonara pls ❤😋 Grazie❤
I have your gorgeous book and yes I was like WTF? THE Basil Leaves are 3D the book is gorgeous, the quality of the paper and pictures and of course the Recipes Betch ! I may be gifting this soon for some birthday s
You sucks too, like the US and the Trump ADM…😂😂😂❤
How did you keep the garlic from sticking to the knife? Mine always does.
Show us on making a great basic Italian sandwich/sandwiches. Also, with great sides!!!
Awesome video dude!!!! Thanks for the tips
So simple yet such a tasty recipe, QCP the goat!!
0:24 why he looks like "Our Fault" Movie actor Nick
Is garlic bread really not a thing in Italy?
1000% approved from Italians ❤
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