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Bari Grannies Protest Police Raids on Pasta Authenticity
9/27/2025
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Story summary
- Police raids targeted Bari's pasta grannies over alleged sale of factory-made pasta as homemade.
- Nunzia Caputo, a Bari pasta maker, learned orecchiette from her grandmother at age five.
- Some grannies protested by barricading streets.
- Investigations found evidence of industrial pasta being sold, raising authenticity concerns, per city councillor Pietro Petruzzelli.
- Caputo remains committed to her craft amid the investigation.
