When I first packed my bags and moved to Florence, Italy, five years ago, I came as a culinary student ready to learn just about everything in Italian cuisine, from tiramisu to tortellini. However, it ...

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In the culinary universe, creativity reigns. Yet one area where tradition rules is the world of pasta shapes. The origin of Italian pasta is studied and debated by historians to this day, but one fact ...

Most of us are all too familiar with long pasta like linguine and spaghetti, or tube pasta such as elbow macaroni and penne, but did you know there are roughly 350 different shapes to choose from?

While supermarkets do a remarkably good job of stocking various noodle shapes, most restaurants serve a pretty narrow range of pastas. Beyond Italian restaurants that have made a specialty of pasta, ...