Comments on: Italian Pasta Names: Way Beyond Spaghetti

By: gurglesplat

gurglesplat — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:31:40 +0000

In my family, we say “rotini” not fusilli! There are regional variations too!

By: fiza

fiza — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:35:40 +0000

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By: vassin sithanandan

vassin sithanandan — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:25:34 +0000

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By: Rose Marie Fructuoso

Rose Marie Fructuoso — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:49:39 +0000

Excellent article.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:29:45 +0000

@Diane – My impression of pici is that it’s hand-made & therefore fresh pasta; I’ve never seen it for sale in a dried form anywhere. You might contact Judy Witts (whose article I link to at the end of my article above), who’s been living in Tuscany for more than 20 years!

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:16:09 +0000

I want to buy pici and cannot find it. Do you know a source?

By: vinz

vinz — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:23:50 +0000

you forgot penne!
and a LOT of other types, but penne is really very common. ‘maccheroni’ is never used in italy.

By: AnnaLee

AnnaLee — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:52:59 +0000

you forgot maccheroni!!!! =D

By: Rhino

Rhino — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:55:34 +0000

Hi!

I’m Andrew, from Milan, and I approve EVERY WORD OF THIS ARTICLE.

100% true, description and translation are accurate, even if you mentioned Cannelloni and forgot Lasagne (they are both baked pasta after all!!)

So: VERY VERY GOOD ARTICLE, some people watch Soprano’s and think we have ziti for breakfast Ziti are very rare and used pretty much only in south Italy.. We usually have spaghetti or fusilli.

Remember:
North Italy = Rice, Risotto, Polenta, Meat Stew, Focaccia, Lasagne, Ragù (the TRUE name of “Bolognese Sauce” ) & Tasty Wine: Veneto + Lombardia + Piemonte
*Torino, Milano, Venezia, Bologna*

Center: Fiorentina, Trippa, Beans, Carbonara, Amatriciana & Wine: Toscana + Lazio (Chianti etc..)
*Roma, Firenze, Siena are GREAT!*

South: Fish, Pizza, Mozzarella, Cannoli, Pasta, Italy bad stereotype since south is even now the land of mafia (Naples,Palermo) and was the poorest zone since Italy was born, full of emigration and such & Strong Wine (Puglia and Sicilia have very alchoolic wines)

By: Cristina

Cristina — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:16:18 +0000

I admit that besides those 3 well known pasta related words, I only knew 4 more and that’s b/c my fav restaurant is…Italian! Kind of makes me want to cook some tortellini.