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What's the best pasta shape?

The Food Chain

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What Are Pasta Shapes?

Many pasta shapes are linked to regional custom, and are only locally distributed. A pasta shape isn't just a shape of pasta, it's an identifier,. It has regional and cultural resonances. In 1904, an Italian food writer recorded more than 50 different types of gnocchi.

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