Food and Drink Atlas

How The World Eats
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Dish

Pasta Salad

Salads

Pasta salad, known in Italian as insalata di pasta or pasta fredda, is an Italian dish made with one or more types of pasta, almost always served chilled or at room temperature and most often tossed in a vinegar, oil, or mayonnaise-based dressing. It is typically served as an appetizer or first course rather than a main dish. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Appetizer 1
Origin Region
Italy 2
Connections

In Cuisine

Italian Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Pasta Salad (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Mayonnaise, Ingredients
Source Pasta Salad (Wikipedia)
Vinegar, Ingredients
Source Pasta Salad (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Originated In

Italy

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Pasta Salad (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Pasta Salad (Wikipedia)
  • Article text
    Recipes identified as pasta salad appeared in print by the early 1960s.
  • Introduction
    It is typically served as an appetiser (antipasto) or first course (primo).
  • In Cuisine: Italian Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Uses Ingredient: Vinegar, Infobox main_ingredient field: Pasta, vinegar or oil or mayonnaise
  • Uses Ingredient: Mayonnaise, Infobox main_ingredient field: Pasta, vinegar or oil or mayonnaise
  • In Group: Pasta and Potato Salads, Lead paragraph
    Pasta salad, known in Italian as insalata di pasta or pasta fredda, is a dish prepared with one or more types of pasta, almost always chilled or room temperature, and most often tossed in a vinegar, oil or mayonnaise-based dressing.
View the Source
2. Pasta Salad (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Italy
Quote, P495 (country of origin): Italy
Italy
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.