From Roman bloodshed to modern-day mafias, fascist propaganda to global food cartels, this incendiary docuseries rips the lid off the world's most beloved dish—and reveals the empire built on its flour-dusted bones.

A FISTFUL OF PASTA is a cinematic, blood-soaked investigative docuseries that follows pasta's true lineage—not through recipes, but through wars, crimes, betrayals, and cover-ups. We trace its roots from the battle-worn rations of Roman legions to the murderous wheat empires of modern Canada, from Southern Italy's kitchen rebellions under fascism to global conglomerates poisoning the planet under the guise of tradition. This isn't about what's for dinner. It's about who gets to eat—and who bleeds for it. Each episode pulls back the veil on a different front of this global war: regional turf battles, mafia trafficking rings, political suppression, Indigenous recipes stolen and patented, and the quiet violence of glyphosate-laced wheat dressed up as “Made in Italy.” The enemy? A syndicate of crime families, corporations, and complicit governments that have used pasta as a vehicle to launder money, erase culture, and rewrite history. With unprecedented access to mob insiders, radical chefs, whistleblowers, and immigrant elders, A Fistful of Pasta isn't just a documentary—it's a reckoning. This series doesn't ask where pasta came from. It asks: who's still dying for it—and who's cashing in.