The Stories Behind 15 Pasta Shapes
(via Mental Floss) Most people know the story of Venetian explorer Marco Polo bringing noodles back home from China. It’s a fun story, but it’s also inaccurate: Pasta was already popular in Italy by the time Marco Polo made his famous voyage to China at the end of the 13th century. You eat pasta, and you love pasta. But have you ever wondered just how your favorite pasta shapes came to be?
