After what feels like the longest and coldest winter in history, temps are finally hitting the balmy 40s. Unfortunately, if history teaches us anything, Minnesotans can't trade in those fluffy parkas for body-bearing swimwear quite yet. The good news is that this leaves a few more weeks to pack in some pasta carbs before restaurants change over to spring menus.
From classic seafood linguini to creamy mac n' cheese to chestnut gnocchi, here are 12 new pastas to try right now in the Twin Cities, mapped in roughly geographic order.
Is your favorite new pasta dish missing from the list? Let us know in the comments.
—Erika Boutros
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