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 ...

Italian pasta shapes are coded by their ending ... Example: Spaghettini is very thin, spaghetti is the common medium round rod and spaghettoni is thick, round noodles. Al dente pasta is cooked ...

"All pasta shapes can be made without a machine ... around a long thin device known as a ferretto, but you can wrap it round anything you have handy, such as a skewer. Create the dough as usual ...

and the shape of the pasta you use. A traditional cacio e pepe recipe uses freshly made tonnarelli, a long pasta that's similar to spaghetti but is thicker and square instead of round. Also known ...

Sure, all pasta tastes basically the same no matter the shape—but the size ... Corzetti Corzetti is a slightly thick, flat, round noodle, made to resemble a Roman coin. It has a relief stamped ...

Italy is remarkably small when you consider just how many shapes of pasta thrive within it. From decadent, ravioli-like casoncell in the north to the twisted sagne of Salento, these regional pasta ...

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 ...

The three pasta shapes always in her pantry? Rigatoni, spaghetti, and mezze maniche, which translates to "short sleeves." Roddy compares it to the sleeves of a white Fruit of the Loom t-shirt. A ...