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Caruso Sauce in 1939

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Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 | 3,737 views

Chicken liver isn’t the most popular of meats these days, but for most of the 20th century it was the key component of a popular spaghetti dish.

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Aragosta Fra Diavolo

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Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 | 3,887 views

Aragosta is the Italian term for lobster. Lobster fra Diavolo is an American invention. So what the heck is Aragosta Fra Diavolo?

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Pizzaiola Sauce, 1950

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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 | 1,847 views

Ada Boni collected Italian domestic kitchen recipes, first publishing them in a cooking magazine, and then in a now famous cookbook, Il talismano della felicita — The Talisman of Happiness. The book collected regional recipes into one singular volume, a book that continues to be given away to brides on their wedding day, and that has increased in volume and spawned sequels and secondary collections.

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Leone’s Marinara Sauce

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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 | 4,917 views

Mama Leone’s was one of the earliest red sauce restaurants operating from a family living before moving into a 1,200 seat palace in Times Square.

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Rector’s Fettuccine Alfredo

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Thursday, January 27th, 2022 | 1,967 views

George Rector, a food writer and former restaurant owner helped popularize fettuccine Alfredo. He remained relatively true to the original recipe.

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Salsa di Pomidoro, 1919

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Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 | 1,536 views

Maria Gentile published an English-language cookbook Italian Cookbook in 1919 with many recipes strikingly similar to Pellegrino Artusi’s collection.

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Vodka Sauce with Sour Cream

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Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 | 17,951 views

This variation of penne with vodka sauce substitutes sour cream for the heavy cream in the original. The sour cream adds a tangy flavor to the sauce, another layer of complexity.

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The Bad Translation that Gave Us Pumpkin “alla Parmegiana”

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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 | 1,838 views

The 1912 cookbook Simple Italian Cooking is one of the first English language cookbooks featuring Italian cuisine, and the collection translates many of the recipes of Artusi’s massive collection, Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well.

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“Spanish” Tomato Sauce by Antonio Latini

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Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 | 4,984 views

The original tomato sauce was served on fish.

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