So what happens when you actually deep-fry rotini? YouTuber Joe Robbins attempted to make Taco Bell's cinnamon twists at home by deep-frying a variety of dried rotini pasta.

Put that box of rotini pasta to work with one of these fun recipes.

Is it possible that pasta originated in China and traveled west to Italy? Author Jen Lin-Liu travels the historic Silk Road from Beijing to Rome, tracing the evolution of pasta and sampling the ...