Trash or treasure? Farfalle’s place in the pasta world is all a matter of perspective, allegedly. | Stefano Guidi/Getty Images	
If I was in a kidnapping situation and needed to subtly signal that something was terribly wrong without alerting my captors, I would loudly declare that farfalle is a fantastic pasta shape.
I would shout endlessly about how well it always cooks — even the knot of the bowtie. I would preach about how “butterfly” pasta is truly perfect for every kind of sauce, because it picks up every bit of sauce, and it’s easily forked. I would assert that we should serve it...
                                                        
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