Celebrity chef Bobby Flay at a live cooking demonstraton. - Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images For all but the most experienced or merely cavalier among us, octopus can be pretty tricky to make at home.

To prepare the guitar spaghetti with octopus ragù, first make sure the octopus is well cleaned, free of eyes and beak. At this point, separate the tentacles and cut them in half (1), then cut them ...

To make the octopus meatballs, start by cooking the octopus (already cleaned): place it in a large pot immersed in cold water (1), add a scant handful of coarse salt (2), black peppercorns, crushed ...