1.   Afterall, if you can boil water, you can make a pasta dinner in less time than it takes to make a run for the Taco Bell border.

2.   He picked at his angel-hair pasta dinner, but soon asked the waitress to wrap it up to take upstairs to his room.

3.   Helen J. Boiardi, who helped launch the Chef Boyardee line of prepared pasta dinners, died Monday at her home in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

4.   Pierce blamed herself for bolting down her pasta dinner too close to match time.

5.   Saturday night was the infamous pasta dinner, where dozens of climbers still in their shells and fleece waited for the cooks to come back from the store.

6.   Sharing a pasta dinner recently at the West Village apartment of one artist, the group reflected on their time in the towers.

7.   They so overwhelmed an all-you-can-eat pasta dinner that dozens of climbers had to stand and wait while cooks hustled to a nearby grocery store to pick up more food.

8.   Even non-runners got into the spirit by rooting on the marathoners and hosting pasta dinners and a welcome-home party.