Home-made pasta for 1 in 3 Italians say farmers on Pasta Day

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 25 - One in three Italians enjoy home-made pasta on a regular basis, farm group Coldiretti said on World Pasta Day Tuesday.
    Food service agency ISMEA said its #NowPasta tour in 10 cities on the occasion had been a huge success saying there had been 10,000 tastings and 2,100 'edugames', among many other events.
    Sponsors of the event included four elite Italian athletes, fencer Rossella Fiamingo, swimmer Simona Quadarella, and water polo players Francesco Di Fulvio and Alessandro Velotto, ISMEA said.
    The Italian foreign ministry, the Farnesina, tweeted: "Today we celebrate World Pasta Day, a fundamental foodstuff in the Mediterranean Diet, an excellent Made in Italy product, and an ambassador for Italian cuisine and the Italian lifestyle all over the world". (ANSA).