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penne

[pen-ay] / ˈpɛn eɪ /
NOUN
macaroni
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On the menu, honey-glazed lime chicken, roast sea bass, caramelised leek penne and an outrageously moreish passion fruit meringue.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Cajun chicken pasta is essentially Alfredo in a leather jacket: fettuccine or penne, blackened or “blackened” chicken, a confetti of peppers and scallions, and a liberal snowfall of Cajun seasoning.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026

In the 1980s, long before he became a New York chef, a young Iacopo Falai lived across the hall from a hip uncle who sometimes made penne alla vodka for dinner.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

Anthony Esposito, the owner of Via Sposito, an Italian restaurant in Old Bridge that serves spaghetti, linguine, penne, tortellini and gnocchi, said that he could only speculate about where the pasta might have come from.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2023

And they were served every Wednesday, even though they cost more than to serve everybody’s favorite, penne pasta.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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