From it we get pasta, gnocchi, risotto, tiramisu, and so much more. One of the less popular Italian dishes is pastina, a name that literally translates to "small" or "tiny" pasta. Pastina is used ...

For thin soups, tiny pasta shapes or vermicelli are good. More robust soups like minestrone take pasta like macaroni or bits of spaghetti. Ravioli and tortellini are examples of stuffed pasta and ...

The nanofiber mat held between two fingers. Pasta makers typically slice dough or push it through small holes to give it shape. But in this case the starch molecules were electrospun—pulled by ...