Pasta is my favorite comfort food. Whether it’s a steaming plate of spaghetti bolognese, a warm bowl of macaroni and cheese, or a late-night serving of leftover fettuccine Alfredo, I take pleasure in ...

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 ...

There are so many kinds of noodles you may need a guide to pasta shapes to navigate them all. But what do you do with such variety? Well, with a great many pasta shapes comes a great responsibility: ...

Spaghetti has a lot of versatility and mixes with a variety of sauces. It is probably best known for being served with tomato sauce and meatballs, but it can also be paired with chunky sauces like ...

If you're a fan of Italian cuisine, and pasta in particular, you might have considered making your own. Shelling out for a pasta machine, however, it's not an inexpensive commitment, and if you are ...

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 ...

Is it confusing trying to pick the right type of pasta for your dish from a wall of different pasta shapes at the grocery store? The average American consumes approximately 20 lbs. of pasta annually.