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Amatriciana from the Academia of the Italian Kitchen

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Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 | 783 views

The Academia of the Italian Kitchen was established in 1953 as a gatekeeper for historic Italian recipes.

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Rigatoni with Vodka Sauce – Dante’s of Bologna

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Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 | 1,112 views

Dante’s of Bologna, a night club in the Italian city, served pasta with vodka sauce to late night partiers. Vodka was not common in Italy until the 1970s.

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Pizzaiola Sauce, 1950

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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 | 715 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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Hooker Style Spaghetti Puttanesca

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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 | 889 views

Puttanesca sauce has often been suggested as a pasta prepared by prostitutes, although there is little truth to this particular legend.

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Leone’s Marinara Sauce

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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 | 2,873 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 | 755 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 | 809 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 | 679 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 | 701 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 | 657 views

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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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