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The best pasta shapes for creamy sauces

When you’re serving a rich, creamy sauce, the pasta shape you choose makes a big difference. Some pasta shapes hold onto ...

This Exclusive Barilla Pasta Shape Is Absolutely Delightful

You can find Barilla Snowfall pasta at select retailers nationwide, including Amazon, Albertsons, Jewel, Meijer, Kroger, ...
Business Insider

I tried 2 new pasta shapes from the creators of the viral cascatelli noodle and thought they were fun, but I wouldn't buy them again

Sfoglini and "The Sporkful" podcast creator teamed up to make two new pasta shapes. The shapes, quattrotini and vesuvio, are served in Italy but hadn't yet hit the US until January. I tried both and ...
The Boston Globe

There are hundreds of shapes of pasta. Here’s the long and short of why — and how to use them.

Pasta, a food darling of both Italy and America, comes in hundreds of shapes — more than 300 by some counts. There are long strands, round and flat, thin and wide, and twisty, ruffled, tube, and shell ...
Eater

It’s Time for a Silly Pasta Shape Moment

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. Much of the ...

The Retro Stuffed Italian Pasta That Hardly Makes It To US Menus Nowadays

If you love pasta and you enjoy food that comes with a storied history, you'll love this Sardinian dish. The only catch? It ...
MassLive

Beyond macaroni: 5 pasta shapes to know

When it comes to pasta, shape matters. Pasta can be made into hundreds of fun and funky shapes, but they're not just decorative. The shape of pasta not only changes the overall mouthfeel of a dish, ...