The National Post writes on the impressive history of Elena Quistini, "Canada's Pasta Queen".
Pasta Quistini Inc., a family business launched by Elena Quistini and her husband Orlando in 1981 in Toronto, continues to expand 29 years later as a second generation of Quistinis prepare to take the company into the future.
"Launching a family business was the last thing on Elena Quistini's radar when she began experimenting in her kitchen, to make a homemade pasta sauce for her diabetic mother. She just wanted it to be nutritious and delicious."
"Hre sauce turned out to be so good, family and friends urged her to start her own company. In 1981, Mrs. Quistini and her husband Orlando launched Pasta Quistini Inc. in Toronto. It wasn't long before it began producing pasta for retail chains and restaurants. By 1986, she was crowned Canada's Pasta Queen by Toronto media."
"Pasta Quistini now produces a line of fresh, frozen pastas, sauces and casseroles and supplies airline companies and other food manufacturers, that use Pasta Quistini products in their finished products."
"The Quistinis' children -- Massimo and Marisa Quistini -- have grown up with the business and are being groomed to take over. "They were raised in a business-oriented home where it was treated as part of our lifestyle. It is second nature to them," Ms. Quistini said."
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