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Drago Santa Monica to close at end of January

Southern California will say arrivederci to another Italian dining institution when Celestino Drago closes Drago in Santa Monica after 21 years - following on the heels of the shutting of Evan Kleiman's Angeli Caffe on Melrose Avenue.

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Drago, who also owns Celestino, Drago Centro,  Dolce Forno, Enoteca Drago and Il Pastaio, says he is shuttering the restaurant at the end of January.

California: whole-grain pasta key part of local wheat movement

Five years ago, Oliveto restaurant in Oakland already had a menu full of local produce, meat and fish, but owner Bob Klein wanted the pasta to be local, too. He brought wheat seeds back from Italy and found nearby farmers to grow them.

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He discovered, however, that the cost of cleaning and milling the grain on such a small scale was prohibitive. Local flour would be much more difficult to access than lettuce or eggs.

New World Pasta Buys Strom Products’ No Yolks and Wacky Mac Dry Pasta Brands and Assets

New World Pasta Company has entered into an agreement to acquire the No Yolks® and Wacky Mac® dry pasta brands and certain assets from Strom Products Ltd. for $50 million. The transaction is expected to close by December 31, 2011.

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Recall: D'Orazio Foods frozen stuffed pasta

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that D'Orazio Foods, Inc., of Bellmawr, New Jersey, is recalling 161,000 pounds of frozen stuffed pasta products that were shipped to market before federal inspectors were able to examine them.

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ConAgra Foods becomes Agro Tech's majority owner

ConAgra Foods Inc. is paying $10 million to become the majority owner of Indian food company Agro Tech Foods Ltd. as ConAgra looks to broaden its international presence.

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Namib Mills opens new pasta plant

NAMIB Mills boosted its capacity to produce food for the country on Friday with the official opening of an N$85-million pasta plant in Windhoek.

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“Food security is for us as it is for Government an important long-term focus,” Namib Mills Investment (NMI) chairperson Martie Janse van Rensburg said at the event.

$84,000, tons of pasta at KFI event for kids

‘Radiothon’ is raising money at Anaheim White House for nonprofit that serves 300 children nightly.

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When KFI-AM's Bill Handel hit the airwaves Friday morning, the White House lawn soon flooded with pasta sauce.

The talk radio host, and friend of Anaheim White House restaurant owner Bruno Serato, kicked off a daylong "Radiothon" to collect pasta, sauce and cash to help Serato's charity, Caterina's Club.

The trigonometry of tortellini

An architect has created a visual dictionary of pasta, complete with math formulas

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M & P Food Productions, Ltd. of Brooklyn NY Recalls Several Varieties of Vareniki / Dumplings

M & P Food Productions, LTD. of Brooklyn, NY is recalling several varieties of Vareniki / Dumplings because it was discovered that the products contain undeclared Milk and Wheat, therefore posing a potential health hazard.

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People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to these allergens run the risk of illness or serious or potentially fatal allergic reaction if they consume these products.

Ukraine pensioner wins first prize in dumpling-eating contest, then dies

77-year-old man collapses after speed-eating competition in Tokmak involving 10 potato dumplings.

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A Ukraine dumpling-eating contest to find the person who could eat 10 of the dough balls most quickly went horribly wrong when the 77-year-old champion keeled over and died.

The winner, Ivan Mendel, had just won his prize, a one-litre jar of sour cream, when he began to feel ill.

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