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Antonio D'Alelio believes he has the perfect recipe for a 'game-changing' franchise with Lilly's Gourmet Pasta Express. His goal is to provide fresh, gourmet pasta for carryout and delivery in high traffic locations, particularly near college campuses.

The Italian region of Tuscany is famed for gastronomic delights like bistecca alla Fiorenta (a 3-inch-thick steak marinated in olive and garlic) and ribollita, a hearty broth of borlotti beans and cabbage. But earlier this week, the hugely popular host of an Italian cookery show was suspended from state television for lauding one of Tuscany's lesser-known treats: gatto in umido. For non-Italian speakers, that's cat stew.

The Italian embassy in the Estonian capital, Tallinn has filed a complaint with the Estonian Foreign Ministry over the sale of meat dumplings bearing the "Mafia" moniker, the Baltic News Service reported Thursday.

When the football fans from the neighborhood camp in front of the TV set this weekend, no doubt they’ll get the munchies by half-time.

So, when The Who wraps up its rock ’n’ roll halftime spectacular, call your ball-crazy crowd to the buffet table to load up their plates before the third quarter kickoff.

A Yorkshire priest who caused controversy this month by preaching that shoplifting could sometimes be justified has had a bucket of pasta thrown over him by an irate parishioner.