A question about a recipe: Daddy's Carbonara. What is the Harold McGee "less water method" for cooking pasta?

I have a question about the recipe "Daddy's Carbonara" from Eric Liftin.

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SKK added 7 months ago

Here is the link - an interesting article http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/dining/25curi.html?pagewanted=all

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