We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Now, you could just buy a box of penne pasta, use it for all sorts of quick-fix dinner needs and call it a day. But give this a thought: Penne ...

For those of you who don't know, bucatini is basically spaghetti's cool cousin — it has that same long, stranded shape with a hollow, straw-like center that runs through its length. Like many long ...

Bucatini is a thick spaghetti-like pasta commonly found in Italian recipes that hail from Rome. What makes it unique is the small hole running through its center. To the untrained eye, bucatini is ...

Bucatini has all the twirl of spaghetti, plus a hollow center that makes it especially good at catching silky, buttery, rich sauces. Renato Poliafito, owner of New York City restaurants Pasta Night ...

While often thought of as a Roman dish, Bucatini all'Amatriciana originated in the town of Amatrice, northeast of Rome. It's a dish made with a kind of thick spaghetti (bucatini's long strands are ...

When I first packed my bags and moved to Florence, Italy, five years ago, I came as a culinary student ready to learn just about everything in Italian cuisine, from tiramisu to tortellini. However, it ...

From carbonara and amatriciana to crab noodles and silky mushroom sauce, these dishes show why the hollow noodle loves glossy, clingy sauces. Molly McArdle is Food & Wine's Updates Editor. She has ...