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Italian named world's top pasta chef for recession-inspired dish

June 15, 2013 20:06
By Alessandro Garofalo PARMA, Italy (Reuters) - Giorgio Nava, an Italian chef based in South Africa, won the World Pasta Championship in the Italian city of Parma on Saturday with a low-cost recipe that he said suited Italy's deep economic crisis. Nava, who has won awards for his work at the Cape Town restaurants '95 Keerom' and 'Carne SA', wooed the public and the jury with a simple plate of cavatelli - small pasta shells - broccoli and oregano flowers.

Italy chefs roast junior minister who snubbed national cuisine

May 24, 2013 08:51
By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Top Italian chefs are clamoring for the resignation of a junior minister who dismissed the country's cuisine as a poor copy of trendy French cooking, poking a sore spot in a long-held kitchen rivalry between the two nations. "I have a negative judgment of the skill of Italian chefs," Italian Culture Undersecretary Ilaria Borletti Buitoni told weekly magazine Panorama.

Italy finds first case of horsemeat in lasagne

February 23, 2013 09:01
Italy has found its first case of horsemeat contamination in frozen lasagne.

UPDATE 2-Nestle withdraws pasta meals as horsemeat scandal spreads

February 18, 2013 22:30
* Products withdrawn from sale in Italy and Spain * Nestle latest company affected in scandal * Says withdrawals have no major financial impact ZURICH/LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Nestle has removed beef pasta meals sold under its Buitoni brand from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horsemeat, becoming the latest victim of a food scandal still spreading across Europe.

REFILE-Nestle withdraws beef products after horse DNA found-FT

February 18, 2013 18:45
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Nestle, the world's biggest food company, removed beef pasta meals from shelves in Italy and Spain on Monday after tests revealed traces of horse DNA above 1 percent, the Financial Times online reported, citing a company statement. Swiss-based Nestle, which just last week said products under its labels were not affected by the escalating horsemeat scandal, said it had informed the authorities, the FT reported. Nestle was not immediately available for comment.

Bulgaria pulls lasagne dishes over horsemeat scare

February 16, 2013 10:45
Bulgaria on Saturday ordered lasagne dishes pulled from the shelves as they may contain horsemeat, adding another country to those affected by the Europe-wide scandal over mislabelled meat. Bulgaria's food safety agency said it had ordered 86 kilogrammes of meat lasagne dishes to be withdrawn by a supermarket chain it did not identify. "Sales of the lasagne were suspended and tests are being conducted to determine the nature of the meat used," the agency said in a statement.
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