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Penne alla Vodka

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Thursday, August 19th, 2021 | 1,193 views

Vodka sauce pastas rapidly spread during the 1980s. The New York Times panned Joanna’s penne and vodka sauce, although its often credited as an early iterations of the famous dish.

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Don’t Call It Bacon

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Thursday, July 8th, 2021 | 1,094 views

Italian-American recipes often call on salted pork products. Some early recipes don’t bother specifying, simply calling the pork “salt pork” to distinguish it from fresh, raw meat. Pancetta, guanciale, and prosciutto are three of the most common of these Italian meats.

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American Tomato Sauce – 1847

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Friday, February 14th, 2020 | 1,074 views

First published in 1847, The Carolina Housewife offered a survey of American cuisine at the time. Its more likely this recipe derives from Spanish influences rather than Italian as there were few Italian immigrants in the United States at the time. Tomatoes at the time were also more likely to be used in Catsup, a […]

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“Spanish” Tomato Sauce by Antonio Latini

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Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 | 2,739 views

Perhaps the first recorded tomato sauce in Europe, Antonio Latini presented a recipe in his 1692 publication Lo Scalco alla Moderna and suggested it could be served with anything boiled, meaning it wasn’t specifically a pasta sauce. More likely it was served over a protein like fish or meat. Ingredients 6 tomatoes 1 onion Peppers […]

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