Below an overview of the most common pasta types and their synonyms. Some great examples of this are fusilli, farfalle, and gemelli pasta. Red pastas can be colored with beets or its juice, green pasta with spinach, orange or red with tomatoes, and etc. Pasta shapes that have ridges are perfect for grabbing onto thick or chunky sauces. Linguine is best served with cacio e pepe and aglio e olio. Pasta normally is white-yellow, but other colors exist. It makes me think of being in Italy, no matter where I eat it. The ritual of eating it: rolling the pasta around your fork, trying to fit it all in your mouth. Like fusilli, it adds interest to salads and also works well with. ‘There's something about linguine for me. Gemelli/Twist: A short, twisted pasta that resembles two strands of spaghetti wound together. Not to mention, linguine absolutely upstages spaghetti when it comes to pomodoro or marinara.’- Chef Tony Mantuano and Cathy Mantuano, food and beverage partners of Yolan at The Joseph in Nashville Linguine can hold up to other seafood sauces while also pairing impeccably with delicate sauces, such as aglio, olio e prezzemolo. Unlike spaghetti, linguine’s flat shape offers a larger base to absorb the rich yet light garlic and wine sauce – allowing for the ultimate marriage of pasta and clams. Our all-time favorite pasta dish is linguine con vongole, and there is no other pasta shape that is a better match for this dish.

‘Linguine is the best pasta shape of all time for several reasons.

Twisted pasta shapes