Did you know that trofie is a typical pasta shape from Liguria and, in particular, the town of Sori in the province of Genoa? Their name seems to derive from the Genoese dialect word "strufuggià", which means to rub, recalling the hand movement you make to roll the pasta dough for the trofie themselves. But this is not the only etymological explanation: it may also arise from the verb ‘torcere’, to twist, or even come from the Greek ‘trophe’ which means ‘nourishment’.