Orecchiette is a pasta typical of the Apulia region of Italy. Their name comes from the Italian word for "ear," a reference to their shape.
Orecchiette with peas and bacon (piselli e pancetta)
Pasta is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Pasta was originally
A collection of different pasta varieties
Making pasta; illustration from the 15th-century edition of Tacuinum Sanitatis, a Latin translation of the Arabic work Taqwīm al-sihha by Ibn Butlan
Boy with Spaghetti by Julius Moser, c. 1808
Macaroni factory, Palermo, Italy