Pasta shapes and their sauces explained

There is real rhyme and reason for pairing certain pasta shapes with certain sauces. Pasta is designed to carry the flavors and textures of the sauce to the mouth, so a thicker meatier sauce needs a pasta shape with "pockets" like farfalle and a thiner sauce like marinara is best with a spaghetti or bucatini.

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