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Spotlight Series: All About Elbow Pasta (Elbow Macaroni) When you see the word macaroni, chances are the next word you think of is cheese. The iconic dish is an American favorite, and yo

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Spotlight Series: All About Manicotti Known as cannelloni in Italy, manicotti is a large tube pasta that’s commonly used to make a classic baked dish. The pasta shells are stuffed wit

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Spotlight Series: All About Conchiglie (also known as ‘sea shell pasta’ and ‘pasta shells’) Conchiglie, sometimes called sea shell pasta or pasta shells, get their n

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Spotlight Series: All About Gemelli Pasta Twisty, twirly, and hollow, gemelli is a fun pasta. Formed of a long hollow strand that’s folded over and twisted around itself before bei

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Spotlight Series: All About Ditalini Pasta Ditalini means “little thimbles” in Italian, and the adorable pastina lives up to its name. The small tubes are probably best known

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Spotlight Series: All About Rigatoni Few pasta pair with sauce as well as rigatoni does with bolognese and other meat sauces. The big, hollow, ridged tubes are made for capturing these c

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Spotlight Series: All About Fettuccine Perhaps most famous for the dish fettuccine Alfredo, fettuccine is a flat, long pasta that is popular in Roman cuisine as well as Italian-American

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Spotlight Series: All About Farfalle (Also Known As ‘Bow Tie Pasta’) Farfalle, which means “butterflies” in Italian, is a pasta shape as fun as its name. This iconic I

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Spotlight Series: All About Fusilli Fusilli is an Italian pasta that’ll put a spring in your step. The short, spiral cut can do just about anything, from pairing with meaty sauces to ch

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Spotlight Series: All About Tortiglioni Just what is tortiglioni? With its hollow, tubular shape and outer ridges, tortiglioni pasta looks a lot like its cousin rigatoni. The difference is

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Spotlight Series: All About Pasta Nests What are pasta nests exactly? How are pasta nests different from regular pasta? While most dried pasta is packed flat in plastic sleeves or loosely fil

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Spotlight Series: All About Lasagna Pasta Lasagna is a favorite pasta dish the world over with its enticing layers of pasta, sauce and cheese. But just what is lasagna pasta and how did it ev

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