--- description: Find out why Sfoglini Cascatelli is one of the best inventions of 2021 title: Sfoglini Cascatelli: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd1c215a35bbef55/698a1e8709208f058b4186ec/best-inventions-2021-cascatelli.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2021 # A Novel Noodle Sfoglini Cascatelli by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Margeaux Walter for TIME No pasta shape was good enough for Dan Pashman. The obsessive foodie and host of the [_Sporkful_](https://www.sporkful.com/ "undefined") podcast judges pasta shapes on sauceability (how readily sauce adheres), forkability (ease of getting and keeping it on a fork) and toothsinkability (how satisfying it is to sink your teeth into). “Most of the pasta shapes out there are only good at one or two,” he says. So Pashman set out to create his dream pasta shape, an experience chronicled on _The Sporkful._ Three years and several prototypes later, he finally unveiled Cascatelli, with a half-tube shape to catch sauce and ruffles to provide a dynamic bite, all in a short noodle that’s easily forked. Now manufactured by Sfoglini ($19.96 for 4 lb.), it’s sold nearly 300,000 lb. since debuting in March. _—Eliana Dockterman_ **Buy now:** [Cascatelli](https://www.sfoglini.com/products/sporkful "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112714/cascatelli/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112714/cascatelli/"},"headline":"A Novel Noodle","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:11:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:55:45.396Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112714/cascatelli/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd1c215a35bbef55/698a1e8709208f058b4186ec/best-inventions-2021-cascatelli.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd1c215a35bbef55/698a1e8709208f058b4186ec/best-inventions-2021-cascatelli.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112714/cascatelli/","name":"A Novel Noodle"}}]}] ```