Pasta is the Italian name for a food staple that made around the world. It is a simple mixture of flour and salt with either eggs, olive oil or water, that has been formed into a dough then made into noodles or sheets and cooked in boiling liquid. Italy has over 350 different types of pasta shapes and sizes.

Pasta is made either by extrusion, where the ingredients are forced through holes in a plate known as a die, or by lamination, in which dough is kneaded, folded, rolled to thickness, then cut by slitters.

The two forms of pasta that are available to restaurants and consumers are dried and fresh.

Most people today like pasta because of its easy and fast preparation, as well as tastiness. Pastas only need to be boiled and topped, a process that can take as little as fifteen minutes.

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