Spaghetti, penne rigate, rigatoni, and cavatappi have made it to the Final Forks! Which one will be cutting down the nets at the end of the Big Al Dente?
With another two rounds of tense noodle competition in the books, Starch Madness marches into the final two rounds. Whilediehards bemoan the defeats of scrappy underdog shapes, pasta pragmatists acknowledge the inevitability of having the likes of penne, spaghetti, and rigatoni in the Final Forks. Even with three of the top seeds making it to the semifinals of this year's tournament, there was plenty of compelling action in the Wheat 16 and Elite Ate.
All of the energy expended in the opening rounds may have finally caught up with conchiglie, and with the extra days of rest between the Wheat 16 and Elite Ate, spaghetti had time to pore over game tape and come up with a stifling game plan for their opponent. In the end, the talent disparity was just too wide to overcome, and the giant-killers conchiglie were finally overmatched, falling 60-40.
But in the Wheat 16, cavatappi emphatically announced their presence on the tournament's big stage, taking down number-one seed bucatini in a 52 to 48 nail-biter—a stunning upset that sent shockwaves through the pasta world. How couldroyalty fall to a shape that isn't even the shape of choice for macaroni pasta salad-makers? Is there a secret society of
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