By most counts, there are at least 350 different types of pasta out there, many of which are regional Italian designs made for specific dishes or sauces.
These unique pasta swaps are not saying your classic shapes aren't doing a good job, just that for some dishes there are specialized players more directly suited for the task.
Spaghetti is the classic pasta shape in the U.S., but its wide-ranging appeal causes it to suffer from a "jack of all trades, master of none" problem.
If you serve your classic ragu alla Bolognese sauce with linguine or penne, you don't know what you are missing compared to using ribbony tagliatelle.
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