Feature: Rising wheat prices threatening to hit Italians' dinner plate

ROME, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Italy's most traditional meal -- pasta, which comes in many different forms -- has been getting more expensive in recent months, and indications are that the trend is set to continue.

Be it spaghetti, lasagna or ravioli, almost all types of pasta made using wheat, and especially durum wheat, cost more today than they did even a few months ago, and this takes a big bite out of most families' food budgets.