Abstract: A rack useful for drying pasta includes a mountable base member; at least one pivoting member connected to the base member and dependable therefrom, the at least one pivoting member being elongate with two opposing ends, about a first opposing end of which being pivotable with respect to the base member; and a service member connected to the at least one pivoting member at a point away from the first opposing end. The rack may be mounted as a fixture, particularly in a kitchen. A method of drying pasta includes providing a supply of raw pasta noodles, the supply being a plurality of the noodles generally parallel one to another; inserting a pasta rack dowel under the noodle supply; lifting the noodle supply with the dowel, and securing the same by a dowel retaining feature on a service member of a pasta drying rack.