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For Pasta Lovers Bored By Spaghetti, There's A New Short, Wavy, Sauce-Holding Shape

Meet cascatelli, a pasta shape created by Dan Pashman, host of the food podcast The Sporkful. Scott Gordon Bleicher/Dan Pashman hide caption

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For Pasta Lovers Bored By Spaghetti, There's A New Short, Wavy, Sauce-Holding Shape

Dan Pashman, host of the podcast The Sporkful, had a quest: develop and market a brand-new shape of pasta. The result is cascatelli, a short, flat, ruffled pasta three years in the making.

Despite 'Ample Warning,' U.S. Was Unprepared For Latest Surge Of Migrant Children

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas addresses a press briefing this month. Mayorkas has tried to discourage migrants from coming north and blamed the Trump administration for dismantling the system that processes and cares for them. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Despite 'Ample Warning,' U.S. Was Unprepared For Latest Surge Of Migrant Children

Despite 'Ample Warning,' U.S. Was Unprepared For Latest Surge Of Migrant Children

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For Pasta Lovers Bored By Spaghetti, There's A New Short, Wavy, Sauce-Holding Shape

Meet cascatelli, a pasta shape created by Dan Pashman, host of the food podcast The Sporkful. Scott Gordon Bleicher/Dan Pashman hide caption

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Scott Gordon Bleicher/Dan Pashman

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For Pasta Lovers Bored By Spaghetti, There's A New Short, Wavy, Sauce-Holding Shape

For Pasta Lovers Bored By Spaghetti, There's A New Short, Wavy, Sauce-Holding Shape

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Black Church Leaders In Georgia On The Importance Of 'Souls To The Polls'

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Black Church Leaders In Georgia On The Importance Of 'Souls To The Polls'

Black Church Leaders In Georgia On The Importance Of 'Souls To The Polls'

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High-Stakes Supreme Court Clash Between Growers, Farmworkers Could Blow Up Other Laws

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High-Stakes Supreme Court Clash Between Growers, Farmworkers Could Blow Up Other Laws

High-Stakes Supreme Court Clash Between Growers, Farmworkers Could Blow Up Other Laws

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