Long sheets of pasta, the type used for layering in casseroles, are called lasagna or lasangne, the same as the baked pasta dish made using sheets of lasagne.
The term is thought to come from ancient Greek, relating to the pot used for cooking these type of dishes.
Angel hair pasta is long and thin. Spaghetti is thicker. Malfalda is wider. There are picture dictionaries of noodles on the internet.
It could be spaghetti, spaghettoni, linguini, bucatini or perciatelli,
Long strands of pasta.
it is called a strip
Spaghetti noodles
noodles.
Spaghetti Bolognese
Sounds like you mean Fettuccine or Linguini
In English-speaking countries, the name macaroni is customarily given to a specific shape of pasta (i.e. small pasta tubes cut into short pieces). In the U.S. and the United Kingdom, this pasta is often prepared by baking it with a sauce made from cheddar cheese; the resulting dish is called macaroni and cheese.Wikipedia
Ziti is a short tubular pasta shape. The pieces are about 1 inch long and half inch in diameter. They are most popularly served in baked pasta dishes.
Pasta cracks when it get dry because it is thin. Actually, cracks in pasta is a defect called 'checking'. This apparently can have several causes including drying too fast and rough handling. See Related Links. I have seen pasta that was badly 'checked' that essentially disintegrated into small pieces when cooked.
Farfalle: small rectangle-shaped pasta pieces that have been pinched together in the middle
salt and tomato
gold nuggets
Gnocchi
Lumache Pasta is pasta shaped liek a snail shell, typically an inch or so long. Lumache Pasta is pasta shaped liek a snail shell, typically an inch or so long.
This is a translation of al dente pasta, or pasta that is cooked until firm.
The pasta is called mostaccioli (oversized penne pasta, smooth or ridged).