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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Pasta: etymonline.com/word/pasta
Farfalle: delallo.com/blog/what-is-farfalle
Fusilli: the-pasta-project.com/fusilli-pasta-long-short-homemade-and-hollow
Penne: etymonline.com/word/penne
Rigatoni: etymonline.com/word/rigatoni
Cannelloni: pastaliguori.com/en/product/cannelloni
Macaroni: etymonline.com/word/macaroni
Ravioli: etymonline.com/word/ravioli
Conchiglie: delallo.com/blog/what-is-conchiglie
Linguine: pastini.com/a-little-linguini-history
Lasagna: etymonline.com/word/lasagna
Spaghetti: etymonline.com/word/spaghetti
Gnocchi: etymonline.com/word/gnocchi
Noodle: etymonline.com/word/noodle