In a pasta-eating contest in Little Italy on Saturday, James Bosanac, noticing how fellow competitor Jesus Morales was rapidly slurping down his spaghetti with a novel hands-on technique, decided to copy him. Morales finished second and Bosanac third. Eating his spaghetti neatly with a knife and fork, Augustino Capodicasa, a waiter at Puglia restaurant, won by downing 3 pounds of pasta in 8 minutes. The contestants — mostly waiters and kitchen staff from Little Italy restaurants and cafes — vied for a $250 cash prize, plus a trophy in the pasta eat-off in front of Sal Anthony’s S.P.Q.R. restaurant on Mulberry St. Borough President Scott Stringer judged the competition.
