Ah, pasta. Is there any food so universally loved as this infinitely versatile staple? It's a pantry must-have that can accommodate any palate, whether you need to whip up a simple mac and cheese ...

They have looked at how grains of different size and shape, including dry pasta tubes and rice, separate into distinct layers when shaken. Jia and colleagues claim to bring something new to this ...

Long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta. It's the most popular in the U.S. and the best-known pasta shape. Farfalle recipes often feature cream-based sauces, such as a creamy mushroom sauce or ...

Several types of dried spaghetti are available including: extra long, wholewheat and quick-cooking varieties, as well as variously flavoured spaghetti. Kept in a tall spaghetti jar in a dry place ...

She pan-fries it until golden and serves it with two types of peas over a bed of lemon ... and white wine — you'll cook the dry pasta in this velvety, gently sweet sauce for maximum flavor.

The different shapes of pasta—cut into squares, rolled into tubes, pulled into long strings, and twisted into spirals—stretch to at least 200 types ... worms—to dry on a rack.