Colombia

Vegetable Soup with Pasta – Colombia

200 grams (1⁄2 pound) small sized pasta 2 liters (8 cups) broth (chicken, beef, or vegetable) 2 stalks celery, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 230 grams (1 cup) green peas 1 bunch cilantro, chopped Heat the broth in a medium pot. Add the chopped vegetables and peas, and let the vegetables simmer until they are almost […]

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SAVE THE DATE for the 20th Annual World Pasta Day (Dubai, 25 October 2018)

At the World Pasta Congress held in Rome on the 25th day of October in 1995, pasta makers from around the world enthusiastically agreed that pasta – a healthy, delicious, popular, sustainable and convenient food – deserved annual worldwide recognition. Every year since 1998, in countries around the globe, World Pasta Day has been celebrated on […]

PASTA FOR ALL: WORLDWIDE SALES CONTINUE TO GROW

Buoyed by consumer attention to health and sustainability trends, worldwide pasta sales were up for the second year in a row in 2017. Following a +2.3 percent increase in 2016, the industry is seeing a continued positive trend in global pasta sales of +0.6 percent, according to data from The Nielsen Company. This positive momentum […]

Beware of sensational headlines – Pasta fits into a healthy lifestyle

From time to time, we see confusion about carbohydrate foods surfacing online despite scientific and nutrition experts’ clarifications. Remember: Not all carbohydrate foods are the same. As Oldways points out in this recent statement for the media, one more example is a recent article with the headline, “Fatty foods don’t cause heart disease, bread and pasta do,” another […]