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Pasta was invented nearly 2000 years ago, and the famous food item is still evolving. Some of the most beloved pasta shapes, like penne and cavatappi, have only been around for several decades. The most recent addition to the culinary category is cascatelli—a playful new pasta shape that came about through a podcast, The New York Timesreports.
Cascatelli is a collaboration between Dan Pashman of the Sporkful food podcast and the Hudson Valley, New York-based pasta company Sfoglini. As part of the Sporkful series titled “Mission: ImPASTAble,” Pashman spent three years researching and designing a new type of pasta. He gave himself three criteria: sauceability (how well sauce adheres to the pasta), forkability (how easy it is to stab with a fork), and toothsinkability (how satisfying it feels to sink your teeth into it). Cascatelli, named for the Italian word for waterfall, claims to be the perfect marriage of these qualities.
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Cascatelli, the World’s Newest Pasta Shape, Is a Game-Changer
Cascatelli is a collaboration between Dan Pashman of the Sporkful food podcast and the Hudson Valley, New York-based pasta company Sfoglini. As part of the Sporkful series titled “Mission: ImPASTAble,” Pashman spent three years researching and designing a new type of pasta. He gave himself three criteria: sauceability (how well sauce adheres to the pasta), forkability (how easy it is to stab with a fork), and toothsinkability (how satisfying it feels to sink your teeth into it). Cascatelli, named for the Italian word for waterfall, claims to be the perfect marriage of these qualities.
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Cascatelli, the World’s Newest Pasta Shape, Is a Game-Changer
