Pasta

Pasta comes in many different shapes and sizes. There are simple string-shaped pasta like spaghetti and vermicelli ribbon-shaped ones like fettuccine and linguine.

Short tubes like elbow macaroni and penne, decorative fancy shapes like farfalle and rotelle. Then you'd also find large sheets like lasagna, and hollow pasta stuffed with filling, like ravioli, manicotti, and tortellini.

The basic ingredients are usually the same. The shape and characteristics of each variety's surface makes it better suited for certain kinds of sauce.