Tired chain restaurant Olive Garden is trying a gluttonous new gimmick today: They'll sell a thousand people a "Never Ending Pasta Pass," valid for seven weeks, for a mere hundred bucks. Try it and see what gives out first—your deal, or your gut! » 9/08/14 12:20pm 9/08/14 12:20pm

The CEO of Barilla, who a month and change ago found himself in hot, heavily salted water for saying he'd never include same sex couples in Barilla advertising because ew gayz! has changed his tune, and the company is now establishing a "diversity and inclusion board" for reasons that I'm assuming are 100% about just… » 11/05/13 3:40pm 11/05/13 3:40pm

Barilla pasta is run by a huge homophobe, so why not try one of these non-hate-filled pasta brands instead? » 10/01/13 11:45pm 10/01/13 11:45pm

Guido Barilla, the chairman of the world's largest pasta company, made some crazy, ignorant, and idiotic statements about gay people in a recent radio appearance. Great, now we have to worry about our pasta being actively anti-homosexual because nothing can be easy and the whole world is going to hell in a hand basket… » 9/26/13 8:30pm 9/26/13 8:30pm

First we found out that we should be eating everything in extremely small bowls and teeny tiny plates in order to trick our brains into eating smaller portions. Now it turns out the color of the dishes we eat off of might also be causing us to overeat. » 1/19/12 11:55pm 1/19/12 11:55pm

"'Rude Man' Beaten, Pelted With Pasta" has to be today's odd headline, but the accompanying story raises a serious question: is chivalry dead? Should it be? » 4/27/10 7:00pm 4/27/10 7:00pm

A new study shows that women who eat "high glycemic foods" like pasta and white bread have increased risk of heart disease, while men show no such effect. Experts say women should eat barley and sweet potatoes instead. [CNN] » 4/13/10 11:20am 4/13/10 11:20am

We've long been skeeved out by the Barilla pasta commercials, all of which feature a sexy Italian stalker who skulks around giving women significant looks and slipping them boxes of pasta while Andrea Bocelli croons in the background. In the latest ad » 9/11/08 1:40pm 9/11/08 1:40pm, for Barilla Plus, he seems to have crossed the line from stalking…