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pasta

[pah-stuh, pas-tuh] / ˈpɑ stə, ˈpæs tə /


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This is the pasta that finally taught me how to shop at the farmers market: Start with a form, bring home one or two beautiful things and give them somewhere to land.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Instead of straining vegetables and pasta, you can use a colander to achieve a similar effect to that of the pinhole projector.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Bailey Kreinbrink, 28, a content creator in Atlanta, said she lost 50 pounds in a year while eating bread, pasta and pizza in Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

She’s since become an evangelist for eating the European way, documenting her diet of primarily pasta, cookies, bread and full-fat milk and butter, on trips to France and Italy for her 223,000 followers on Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Those builders never tasted such delicious food in all their lives as Emmett’s pasta or fresh-baked sourdough.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

She began to cut out ultra-processed foods, instead opting for fresh fruit and vegetables, whole wheat pastas and oats.

From BBC Jan. 16, 2026

Its sprawling, old factory and corporate office in Gardena is now churning out protein-fortified pastas for Angelenos who want more bang for their bowls.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2025

Visitors to Puglia, a major producer of durum wheat, can try handmade pastas in a variety of shapes, paired with broccoli rabe, sea urchin and even a horse ragù.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

I love their oysters, but they also have a great burger, pastas and salads.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2025

The breads, salads, and pastas are all too dry.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi



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