Another fact about my idol Gabriele d'Annunzio is that he liked to insist that he had invented foodstuffs that he in fact had not. Sometimes these were obscure European regional dishes not widely known, but this included cases like sending a Pope (with whom he had friendly rivalries as #1 Italian celebrity, though the Church formally and ineffectually prohibited most of his works) drinks “of his own invention” that were well known as products of a famous monastery for centuries. Also in 20th century Italy he claimed to have invented spaghetti.