Rector’s Fettuccine Alfredo
By Ian MacAllen
Thursday, January 27th, 2022 | 502 views
George Rector, a food writer and former restaurant owner helped popularize fettuccine Alfredo. He remained relatively true to the original recipe.
George Rector, a food writer and former restaurant owner helped popularize fettuccine Alfredo. He remained relatively true to the original recipe.
Maria Gentile published an English-language cookbook Italian Cookbook in 1919 with many recipes strikingly similar to Pellegrino Artusi’s collection.
Antonia Isola published an early English-language Italian cook book in the United States, Simple Italian Cooking, providing a documented source of Italian-influenced red sauce in America. Ingredients Ham fat Onion Celery Parsley 2 tablespoons tomato paste or 7 or 8 tomatoes from a can Hot water Parmigiano-Reggiano Instructions Cook onion, celery and parsley in fat. […]
Literary critic Pellegrino Artusi compiled the first collection of recipes from a united Italian nation, La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangier bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well (Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library).
Ippolito Cavalcanti published this recipe in 1837 in his two-book collection Cucina Teorico-Practica. It represents the first documented recipe of spaghetti and tomato sauce.