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While boiling some rigatoni on the stovetop, simply toss whole cherry tomatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a casserole dish and place two pucks of Boursin’s garlic-and-herb blend in the center.—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025 Buffalo Bros’ other specials include a rigatoni platter Tuesdays, 10 wings for $8 Wednesdays, green chicken enchiladas Thursdays and haddock-and-chips Fridays.—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2025 That’s because rotini, ravioli, rigatoni, and their ilk will suffer a similar fate in the freezer as the veggies above, according to Tsui.—Caroline Tien, SELF, 25 Feb. 2025 The rigatoni all’astice was firm and flavorful; the tagliolini was creamy without venturing into mushy territory.—Keyaira Boone, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025 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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