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Pasta

"What is pasta?”

In Italian the word pasta means "paste," and refers to the dough made by combining durum wheat flour called "semolina" with a liquid (water or milk). The term "pasta" is used broadly and generically to describe a wide variety of noodles made from this type of dough.

This part of the Food-Info Net site gives you information on Italian style pasta, such as types and shapes, production, history.

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• History of pasta
• Pasta shapes (Italian type pasta)
• Production of pasta
• Questions and answers on pasta