by Lizzy Davies

One is an iconic brand of Italian cuisine that has been in the same family for four generations. The other is one of the biggest fast-food chains in the world. They may, as one Italian newspaper remarked on Thursday, be seen by purists as "the devil and holy water", but McDonald's and the Parma-based pasta maker Barilla have now joined forces to bring a touch of the Mediterranean diet to the Big Mac and fries.

In a partnership that reflects the conflicting currents of the globalised food market, branches of McDonald's in Italy will from Friday offer a €4.90 pasta salad which it describes as pennette pasta with "a balanced and skilful mix of tuna, tomatoes, peppers, capers and olives, seasoned with a pinch of oregano and salt".

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Fonte: http://www.rawstory.com/