Valentine's Day means tiny cards traded among schoolchildren and romantic dinners. It also means heart-shaped food. Of course, it's perfectly reasonable to eat food in its normal shapes, even if ...

McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are as iconic as fast food items get, and you may have noticed that they come in four distinct shapes. Have you ever wondered why?

Corzetti originated in Genoa and is designed to look like small, round coins or medallions (in fact, the name "corzetto" itself comes from a 14th-century Genoese coin).

These fun, diminutive shapes may be in rings or tubes (anneli, ditalini), balls (fregula) or even stars (stelline). The size means they are easy to scoop up, which makes them ideal for eating with ...

English-born food journalist Rachel Roddy has called Italy her home for the past 18 years. Her column "A kitchen in Rome" runs in The Guardian.With a strong desire to feed her family without any bells ...