Archbishop Timothy Dolan is carbo-loading before he becomes a cardinal.
The pasta-loving prelate tucked into a plate of pappardelle with cream sauce Thursday at one of his favorite Rome restaurants, Cecilia Metella on the Appian Way.
And he joked about not being able to fit into his new red duds.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.macys coach bag