Sfoglini Pasta Club

What's in the box: A selection of Sfoglini's bronze cut, slow dried pasta shapes, though the site does not say exactly which shapes or how many bags come in each box.

Sfoglini makes dried pasta in New York's Hudson Valley, and its Pasta Club is a way to get the brand's shapes delivered regularly. The pasta itself is the main reason to sign up. Sfoglini uses organic durum semolina, pushes the dough through bronze dies so each piece has a rough surface that holds sauce, and dries it at low temperatures for more than nine hours. Respected Italian producers use these same traditional methods, and they usually give a firmer bite than standard supermarket pasta. The range goes well beyond spaghetti and penne. It includes less common short cuts such as trumpets, reginetti, cavatelli, malloreddus and bigoli, along with flavored and heritage grain versions made with porcini, rye, saffron and einkorn. The brand also sells a seasoning called Pasta Dust and publishes recipes, which helps if you are not sure how to cook an unfamiliar shape. The weak spot is how little the site says about the club. It does not state how often boxes ship, how many bags come in each one, or whether you can choose your shapes, so read the signup terms carefully before you commit. Every box contains only Sfoglini pasta, with no sauces, cheeses or other Italian pantry items. If you already like the brand, a subscription is an easy way to keep a rotation of interesting shapes in your pantry.