A fire destroyed his Seattle home, so Jay Midwood moved to Worcester to serve up fresh pasta at the Worcester Public Market Tom Matthews | tmatthews@masslive.com According to Jay, Pasta Mani is the only spot in Worcester that he knows of that serves fresh pasta only. Everything is either handmade or made using an industrial pasta extruder he purchased in Italy.         Read More

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Food and Dining Tom Matthews | tmatthews@masslive.com A fire destroyed his Seattle home, so Jay Midwood moved to Worcester to serve up fresh pasta at the Worcester Public Market        More        Steph Solis | ssolis@masslive.com Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s grocery stores, dies at 89        More        Steph Solis | ssolis@masslive.com Bay State Brewing moves up opening to Saturday, paying homage to Worcester’s city charter anniversary        More