‘Life is a combination of Magic & Pasta’ – Federico Fellini.

A long day? A lazy day? A relaxing day? A chilly day? A sunny day?

Salad or soup or baked or sauteed or one pot meal?

Whatever your mood is, Pasta will fit into our routine, menu and palate. It is the most famous Italian food which is savored in many countries, welcomed in many cultures and blended in many cuisines too. Imagine, many creative hands have brought in ‘Chocolate Pasta’ on the table? Haven’t tried it but who would say no to chocolate, be it in any form. And we have the famous ‘Mac n Cheese’ from USA, Canada and UK – dish from English origin.

From whole grain, gluten free to whole wheat, rice, from dried to fresh pasta; from long, short, stuffed to stretched and dumpling-like form, we have loads of options to indulge, savor and relish it.

Well, we all know different types and shapes of pasta from penne, fusilli, lasagna to farfalle, rigatoni and many others. If I start counting them, I would know around 10 different shapes or may be extend it to 15. But do you know, there are more than 600 different shapes of pasta produced in the world? Woah!

How many do you know?