penne

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Cajun chicken pasta is essentially Alfredo in a leather jacket: fettuccine or penne, blackened or “blackened” chicken, a confetti of peppers and scallions, and a liberal snowfall of Cajun seasoning.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Supermarket penne pasta averaged 56p per 500g whereas the lowest gluten-free option averaged £1.22.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

Some might assume that penne alla vodka is an ancient Roman pasta, but it gained popularity only in the 1970s and ’80s.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

Anthony Esposito, the owner of Via Sposito, an Italian restaurant in Old Bridge that serves spaghetti, linguine, penne, tortellini and gnocchi, said that he could only speculate about where the pasta might have come from.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

You have to understand, the worst penne pasta in Italy, the tubs of it they would give refugees, was still better than the Oklahoma City Olive Garden.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri