In continuous operation since 1952, Tony's Colonial Foods carries the very best in imported Italian pasta. With over 100 different shapes, both traditional and specialty, you won't find a better selection anywhere.

Both dried and fresh pasta come in a number of shapes and varieties, with 310 specific forms known variably by over 1300 names having been recently documented. In Italy the names of specific pasta shapes or types often vary with locale. For example the form "cavatelli" is known by 28 different names depending on region and town. Common forms of pasta include long shapes, short shapes, tubes, flat shapes and sheets, miniature soup shapes, filled or stuffed, and specialty or decorative shapes.

(Information about pasta from Wikipedia)