{"id":23,"date":"2026-06-30T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:45:29","slug":"pasta-shapes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"Pasta Shapes &#038; Cooking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every shape exists for a reason: to carry a particular sauce. The bronze-drawn roughness means even a simple dressing of our olive oil clings instead of sliding off.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rules of thumb<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Long shapes<\/strong> (spaghetti, linguine) \u2014 oil-based and lighter tomato sauces. A finishing drizzle of our EVOO is the whole point.<\/li><li><strong>Tubes &amp; ridges<\/strong> (penne, rigatoni) \u2014 hearty, chunky, baked.<\/li><li><strong>Short &amp; twisted<\/strong> (fusilli, casarecce) \u2014 pesto and clinging sauces.<\/li><li><strong>Small shapes<\/strong> \u2014 soups and brothy dishes.<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cooking them right<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good pasta wants a big pot of well-salted boiling water, a longer cook than the supermarket kind, and a finish in the pan with its sauce and a little pasta water. Off the heat, a thread of Olive Father oil. Done. <em>All 18 shapes sold in packs \u00b7 minimum order 1 box of 12 packs.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every shape exists for a reason: to carry a particular sauce. The bronze-drawn roughness means even a simple dressing of our olive oil clings instead of sliding off. Rules of thumb Long shapes (spaghetti, linguine) \u2014 oil-based and lighter tomato sauces. A finishing drizzle of our EVOO is the whole point. Tubes &amp; ridges (penne, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olivefather.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}