a variety of pasta shapes together - Olena Ruban/Getty Images Anyone who is a self-proclaimed pasta lover probably has a favorite pasta shape, whether it's a common classic like penne or bowtie or ...

We’re all familiar with that weeknight staple: boxed pasta. But if you’ve ever been to an authentic Italian restaurant ... and extruded through dies to make different shapes like the classic spaghetti ...

I usually reserve homemade pasta for weekend nights when I have the time to leisurely knead the dough, let it rest, and roll it out by hand ... but for home I start with a white-flour egg pasta. I use ...