Pasta worth its salt

sir – Recent letters (November 30) have discussed how to prepare pasta.

Italians say the water for it should be as salty as the Mediterranean – so just gargle some when next on holiday to get the idea. John Pini

Stamford, Lincolnshire

sir – In Basta Pasta in New York they roll the cooked pasta inside a hollowed-out half-round of Parmesan cheese.

It is delicious. Dexter Booth

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire