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Photo: Courtesy of Assouline Part oral history and part cookbook, Carbone chronicles how, exactly, their culinary empire was built out of a combination of hard work, clout, and spicy rigatoni.—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024 Pizza and pasta round out the shares for the table (yes, there’s a spicy rigatoni and truffle cacao e pepe).—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024 The pastas are some of the best on the market, with the organic rigatoni being a staple in my cupboards.—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024 For the main course, the spicy rigatoni alla vodka is a must.—Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rigatoni
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Etymology
Italian, plural, from rigato furrowed, fluted, from past participle of rigare to furrow, flute, from riga line, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rīga line — more at row
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