The best pastas have a hole in them, allowing them to catch vegan caramelized cabbage, creamy beans or cauliflower Alfredo sauce.

The art of pairing pasta with sauces is deeply ingrained in Italian culinary tradition. This guide delves into seven pasta shapes and the sauces that complement them best, guiding you through a ...

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, ...

Italian cuisine recognizes more than 300 traditional pasta shapes, while global estimates exceed 500 and sometimes even higher, depending on classification. That level of variation did not happen for ...

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 ...

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, ...

"All pasta shapes can be made without a machine, and in fact, they often turn out better this way!" he said. "Rolling by hand creates a more porous texture that absorbs sauces beautifully. Plus, ...