I had to laugh when I read this...

"Italians eat twice as much pasta as anyone else in the world—about 57 pounds each year. Surprisingly, Venezuelans came in second."

joepasta, your love of pasta may have been why you were drawn to this Venezuelan invesment in the first place. Possibly, you could better negotiate a settlement to this quagmire over a heaping bowl of linguine, lol!

Italians Love Pasta

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 2 December 2010 7:24 AM

It’s not just a stereotype. According to the USA Today snapshot, Italians eat twice as much pasta as anyone else in the world—about 57 pounds each year. Surprisingly, Venezuelans came in second. Americans tied the Swedish, with the average person throwing down 20 pounds a year.