How do you do SEO for recipes?

Say for example I have a term "perfect homemade tarantello pasta". Now there's so many of these pastas on Google, it's crazy. But if I did add "perfect" to my post, would I rank for "perfect homemade tarantello pasta" or would I also rank for "homemade tarantello pasta"?

What's the difference and why do different bloggers add these different types of keywords before or after their main keyword?

How do you do SEO for recipes and food blogs?