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pasta

[pah-stuh, pas-tuh] / ˈpɑ stə, ˈpæs tə /


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Adds Miyashita: "These puzzles beckon our curiosity. After all, spiral forms in nature have inspired human creations ranging from rotini pasta, to a barber's pole or even portrayals of the biblical 'Tower of Babel'."

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

And, often enough, it became the one-pot sausage and pepper pasta I’m sharing with you this week.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Miso, honey and red-pepper flakes deepen the mixture; pasta water turns it glossy enough to tuck itself into the tubes and folds of a sturdy short pasta.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Instead of straining vegetables and pasta, you can use a colander to achieve a similar effect to that of the pinhole projector.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

For the second time, at this round table, in this fine house, with all of Emmett’s great pasta, Axel escapes.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

She’s tried to replicate the experience in Sarasota, by importing Italian pastas and flours and procuring French butter from specialty stores.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

If vegetables feel like an obligation, tuck them into dense spoon salads, lemony beans and produce-packed pastas that eat like a treat rather than a directive.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2026

She began to cut out ultra-processed foods, instead opting for fresh fruit and vegetables, whole wheat pastas and oats.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2026

Visitors to Puglia, a major producer of durum wheat, can try handmade pastas in a variety of shapes, paired with broccoli rabe, sea urchin and even a horse ragù.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

He pours wine into all of our glasses, and we order soups and salads and four different pastas, and no dish is spectacular but everything is good enough.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour



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