There are hundreds of different types of pasta out there, and it's time to branch out from the basic shapes. Here are five ...

Ziti is a smooth, tube-shaped pasta. Traditionally, ziti would be sold in foot-long tubes and broken before boiling, but today it's more common to see ziti sold in shorter lengths (about two inches).

A wooden bowl of dry radiatori pasta - Da-ga/Shutterstock With hundreds of pasta shapes to choose from, narrowing this ...