The country's best chefs come to Istanbul to perfect their art, and you will be able to order a better executed Italian pasta or fiery Thai curry from here.

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Italian pasta and Indian rice are sold alongside milk powder from Dubai and reminders of recent aid dependency in the form of cooking oil from the World Food Programme.

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Regular diners will find the new Quattro pizzeria and grill to make a nice addition to North End, serving Neapolitan-style pizza, house-made pasta and a selection of Italian sfizi (tapas) like stuffed zucchini flowers and authentic Italian meatballs.

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Hours spent enjoying lamb, pasta, homemade wine and large Italian chocolate eggs, hollowed out with a prize inside was a perfectly local way to end a festive pilgrimage to Rome.

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Fitzpatrick and Link, who supervise security checkpoints at New York City's LaGuardia Airport, are going Italian on Thanksgiving Day and will be making pasta salad and baked ziti, respectively, for staff potlucks.

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If you just slaved over an elaborate Italian recipe and spent a lot of money on great shrimp or handmade pasta or beautiful veal and yet it somehow underwhelmed you, ask yourself, did you skimp on the cheese?

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