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Leone’s Marinara Sauce

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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 | 3,044 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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Spaghetti Marinara, 1948

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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 | 812 views

Post-war America was suddenly enthralled with Italian food and Maria Lo Pinto capitalized on this with The Art of Italian Cooking, a collection of recipes that helped introduce Italian and red sauce cuisine into homes across the country.

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Rector’s Fettuccine Alfredo

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Thursday, January 27th, 2022 | 879 views

Fettuccine Alfredo is actually just cheese and butter -- not a drop of cream

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 | 735 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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Macaroni with Tomato Sauce, 1912

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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 | 765 views

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. […]

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Salsa di Pomodoro

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Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 | 732 views

tomatoes

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).

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Vermicelli con lo Pommodoro

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Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 | 829 views

tomatoes

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.

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Vodka Sauce with Sour Cream

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Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 | 11,773 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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An Early Pollo al Diavolo Inspires the More Famous Lobster Dish

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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 | 775 views

Pollo al diavolo was a precursor to the lobster fra diavolo that became so famous in Italian American restaurants

Gentile’s The Italian Cook Book of 1919 was an early Italian cuisine recipe collection available in English.

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Spaghetti Syracuse Style

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Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 | 1,055 views

Ada Boni collected regional recipes from around Italy in an early 20th century recipe collection that continues to be updated today, and remains a popular gift for weddings.

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