Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five types of pasta on orange background - Static Media / Shutterstock / Getty If you're a fan of Italian cuisine, and pasta in ...

Find out about 9 lesser-known pasta shapes that add texture, hold sauces better, and make everyday meals taste better without any extra work.

It's not elbow pasta.

Pasta is more than just a staple in Italian cuisine; as the acclaimed Italian filmmaker, Federico Fellini, had said, “Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” The Italian staple is more than just a ...

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, ...

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, ...

So often we treat pasta as nothing more than a vehicle for what we put on top of it, whether that's a chunky tomato sauce, basil pesto, or creamy Alfredo. What’s easy to forget is that if not cooked ...