#2: A Pasta Playlist
Believe it or not, Spotify has playlists designed specifically to help you cook pasta perfectly. If you search “Barilla” on the platform, you’ll find playlists that are timed for different types of pasta. The idea is simple—start the playlist when you drop your pasta in boiling water, and stop cooking when the music ends. It’s a quirky and surprisingly effective way to keep track of time without a timer or constant checking.
Interestingly, these playlists don’t appear to come from Barilla themselves. Instead, creative Spotify users have taken it upon themselves to make musical pasta timers for the world. Some are accurate, like a 12-minute playlist for rigatoni or a 9-minute timer for bucatini. Others, like a 3-hour “Barilla Macaroni” playlist, seem more like pranks than tools. Still, this clever use of music proves that even cooking pasta can benefit from a little creativity and tech-savvy fun.