Sales of the novelty pasta are up 1,300% on the same week last year, and the sex toy and lingerie retailer has slashed the price from £5 ($6.20) to £3 ($3.75) a packet. Empty supermarket shelves ...

What really sparked the explosion of pasta shapes was the invention of the extrusion press. Versions of an extruder had been experimented with since the 1300s, but it took the revolution in ...