The catalog
Every pasta,
every shape.
Walk the shelf by pastificio, or step into the shape encyclopedia — every entry is a field guide.
De Cecco
3 pastasBarilla
2 pastasColacchio
2 pastasRummo
2 pastasRustichella d'Abruzzo
2 pastasBenedetto Cavalieri
1 pastaCipriani
1 pastaDeLallo
1 pastaDelverde
1 pastaGarofalo
1 pastaGentile
1 pastaMancini
1 pastaMartelli
1 pastaSetaro
1 pastaLong
- Rome & LazioBucatiniThe hollow strand at the center of Roman cooking.
- Campania & LiguriaCapelliniThe finest strand, best known as angel hair.
- Campania (Cilento)Fusilli LunghiThe long hand-wound coil of the southern hills.
- NaplesSpaghettiThe long strand that set the standard.
- NaplesVermicelliThe old Neapolitan strand caught in a transatlantic mix-up.
Ribbons & Flat
- Rome & LazioFettuccineRome's egg ribbon, Bologna's tagliatelle by another name.
- Emilia-Romagna & NaplesLasagnaThe widest ribbon, and among the oldest pastas of all.
- GenoaLinguineGenoa's flattened strand, made for pesto and the sea.
- BolognaTagliatelleThe egg ribbon Bologna pinned down in gold.
- TuscanyPappardelleWide Tuscan ribbons made to carry game.
Tubes
- ParmaCavatappiA modern corkscrew, born from a factory mistake.
- Southern ItalyMacaroniThe little elbow at the heart of comfort food.
- GenoaPenneAngle-cut tubes named for the quill.
- Campania (Naples) & SicilyZitiThe wedding tube America learned to bake.
- Rome & Southern ItalyRigatoniRidged tubes built for the boldest sauces.
Shaped & Short
- Southern ItalyConchiglieSeashells built to scoop and cling.
- Lombardy & Emilia-RomagnaFarfallePinched butterflies born from leftover dough.
- Southern ItalyFusilliThe corkscrew spun around a spindle.
- Italy (modern shape)RadiatoriA little radiator engineered to trap sauce.
- PugliaOrecchiettePuglian "little ears" shaped by hand.
Stuffed & Specialty
- Northern Italy (Veneto & Lombardy)GnocchiThe potato dumpling that came late to the pasta family.
- Southern ItalyOrzoThe rice-shaped pastina that behaves like a grain.
- Northern ItalyRavioliThe pasta whose whole point is what's inside.
- Bologna & ModenaTortelliniThe navel-shaped parcel Emilia serves in broth.
