Despite their size, these small pasta shapes pack a punch, adding texture, flavor and fun to dishes ranging from soups to salads to sides. People love small pasta. Around the world, it is valued ...

I thought the vesuvio pasta shape paired better with the sausage and broccolini. The curved edges of each vesuvio layer wrapped themselves around any small bits of broccolini, sausage, and garlic ...

"Pastina translates to 'little pasta' and refers to pasta shapes that are very small," he says. "Some brands sell a shape called pastina that usually looks like tiny stars, but other shapes ...