Pasta does carry a lot of tradition, 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 ...

A wooden bowl of dry radiatori pasta - Da-ga/Shutterstock With hundreds of pasta shapes to choose from, narrowing this selection down to a favorite can seem impossible. Some might argue rigatoni ...

But when it comes to really acing pasta, it turns out, the type of sauce you choose for each shape does make a big difference. While you can, of course, use any pasta you like with any sauce you like, ...

On Tuesday, the pasta maker announced it's launching a brand-new pasta shape, Barilla Snowfall. “Barilla has a long and proud history of bringing people together over shared meals, especially ...