radiatori

radiatori (rah-dee-ag-TOR-ee) - n., pasta in the shape of short half-tubes with ruffled, parallel fins.



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These guys. Invented between the world wars to have a lot of crannies for holding thicker sauces. The name is (of course) from Italian, meaning radiators, because of their resemblance to steam-heated radiators.

---L.