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'Super spaghetti' to make pasta healthier

A team of researchers are working towards producing better quality pasta that also adds greater value to human health.

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Two research projects - being conducted by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls at the University’s Waite Campus - will start next month in collaboration with researchers from the Italian universities of Bari and Molise.

Easton, PA: man Burned Wife With Hot Ravioli

Easton police say Christopher Shareen threw a pot of hot raviolis at his wife early Monday

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An Easton man was jailed Monday morning for allegedly burning his wife by throwing a pot of hot food at her during an argument.

City police say Christopher Shareen, 39, of 17 N. 13th St., was in an argument with his wife early Monday when he threw a pot of hot ravioli at her, causing a burn to her upper arm.

Pasta company to open facility in Forest City (North Carolina)

A California company that makes international foods that include organic and gluten-free varieties will open its new East Coast manufacturing operation in Forest City, creating more than 300 jobs over the next three years.

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North Dakota: Leonardo’s pasta plant in Cando to close

Noodles by Leonardo’s durum mill and pasta plant here is shutting down for good, tentatively on Sept. 30.

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Company officials notified the state Public Service Commission, which regulates grain elevators, that it quit buying and milling durum in October 2011. The plant had a rated capacity of 84,000 bushels of storage.

Buffalo, NY: apply to be an official pierogi judge

If you’re picky about pierogi, perhaps you should apply to be an official pierogi judge during Corpus Christi’s Dożynki Polish Harvest Festival in August.

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Broadway Fillmore Alive is on the hunt for potential judges. Interested candidates need only fill out this very basic form and answer the question, “Why should you be a judge?”

Florida: woman allegedly chomps spider in Chef Boyardee ravioli; can heads to USDA

A Brevard County woman's can of ravioli, which she said had a spider in it, is on its way to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) headquarters.

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A food inspector picked up the sample from Victoria Harrah's Mims home on Monday morning.

Last week, Harrah said she was eating a can of Chef Boyardee ravioli when she bit into a dead spider and her tongue went numb.

United Kingdom: girl, 8, saves mother from horrific burns from exploding ravioli by wrapping her in clingfilm

Ella told her mother to have a cold shower then covered the burns with clingfilm

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A quick thinking eight-year-old girl used first aid skills she learnt at school to save her mother from horrific skin burns.

Ella Rake leapt into action after seeing her mother Vicky Patmore covered in piping hot beef ravioli when packaging from the microwave meal exploded into her face.

The Future of the Pasta and Noodles Market in the UK, to 2016

The Future of the Pasta and Noodles Market in The UK, to 2016 is the result of Canadean’s extensive market research

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Canada: Regina pasta plant project delayed until 2013

Plans to build a $50-million pasta processing plant in Regina have been put on the back burner

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Alliance Grain Traders says the project announced last year has been put on hold until 2013, "in order to allow us to monitor developments in the North American grain industry."

Blast from the pasta

Italian joints are making homemade noodles like the olden days — and turning it into a show

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On a quiet corner in Alphabet City, Blanca Rincon is busy at work, deftly transforming balls of dough into delicate, double-hued strands of squid ink and durum flour tagliolini, mushroom-filled ravioli triangles and whatever else is on tonight’s pasta fresca menu at Spina (175 Avenue B).

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