Rigatoni Rigatoni Rigatoni are a form of tube-shaped pasta of varying lengths and diameters originating in Italy. They are larger than penne and ziti, and sometimes slightly curved, though nowhere near as curved as elbow macaroni. Rigatoni characteristically have ridges down their length, sometimes spiraling around the tube, and unlike penne, rigatoni's ends are cut square (perpendicular) to the tube walls instead of diagonally. The word "rigatoni" comes from the Italian word "rigato" ("rigatone" being the augmentative and "rigatoni" the plural form), which means "ridged" or "lined", and is associated with the cuisine of southern and central Italy. Rigatoncini are a
No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) Frank Carollo, Tommy Reynolds, and Gene Pello. None of them played on the hit record. The single spent 13 weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100, reaching No. 3, while reaching No. 1 on Canada's "RPM" Play Sheet. The album spent 7 weeks on "Billboard"s chart of Top LPs, reaching No. 75. The record itself lists Granville Sascha Burland as the composer, but ASCAP says the composer is Lou Bideu aka Lew Bedell. No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1965 by The T-Bones and released as a