after all -- but the wide world of pasta shapes is far too diverse to not explore. Most Americans are familiar with a decent range of pasta, penne, linguine, lasagna, and other supermarket staples ...

Penne Pasta Tubes Let The Sauce Permeate The Dish Of the pastas mentioned on this list, penne might seem like an outlier for its tubular shape, but don't let this deter you from swapping it in for ...

Arrabbiata, or angry in Italian, refers to the spicy pasta sauce made from garlic, tomatoes, and chiles cooked in olive oil.

while a sauce with chunks of meat is more likely to be served with wide pasta such as tagliatelle or short tube shapes such as penne. For thin soups, tiny pasta shapes or vermicelli are good.

But there is a sound reason for choosing certain types of pasta for certain dishes ... with tube pastas like macaroni or the nib-shaped penne because the sauce gets stuck inside and makes for ...

Just before my sauce was ready, I began cooking my pasta. I brought a large pot of water to a boil and added the penne and two tablespoons of salt. I cooked my pasta until it was al dente ...