Lust in Translation; LONG-DISTANCE AFFAIR: Mica Paris and, below left, with former Italian boyfriend Francesco.

From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | Date: May 4, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Mica Paris

A blazing August afternoon in 2007 and I'm relaxing by a hotel pool onthe Italian Riviera.

I wasn't looking for romance - I had just finished filming a series of thetelevision show What Not To Wear and was exhausted. But when a goodlookingItalian asked me where I was from I was intrigued.

Francesco soon swept me off my feet with roses and champagne and we startedseeing each other. But then came the Big Spaghetti Incident.

Cooking pasta for a romantic meal at my London home, I remembered that one wayto establish whether spaghetti is cooked is to ...

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