Angel Hair Pasta: The long, delicate strands of angel hair pasta (aka capellini).

Bow Tie Pasta (Farfalle): These are used to dress up any dish that calls for small pasta shapes.

Bucatini Pasta: These long, hollow spaghetti-like tubes (aka perciatelli) are unusual and fun!

Ditalini Pasta: Medium-sized, very short tubes with smooth sides.

Fettuccine Pasta: It is an egg pasta cut into long, narrow ribbons.

Fusilli Pasta: It is a long, thick, spiral-shaped pasta.

Gemelli Pasta: These are short, spiral pasta, versatile gemelli.

Gnocchi: These are chewy little pasta dumplings, made of potatoes.

Lasagna: The name for this long, wide noodle is also the name for the dish.

Macaroni: It is a small, tube-shaped pasta.