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Why Do Italians Eat Pasta on Sunday?

Danielle Oteriby Danielle Oteri September 9, 2009

Italian-Americans are well known for keeping the pasta sabbath. Every Sunday around 2:00 or 3:00 pm, the whole family (and likely some extra cousins) will sit down for a big pasta meal. This is the way it has been done for most first- and second-generation Italian families. But this modern life makes it hard to [...]

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Pasta alla Norma

Good. Food. Stories. Contributorby Good. Food. Stories. Contributor August 5, 2009

“A popular 19th century dish, it was named after the Sicilian composer Bellini’s highly successful opera Norma. The ingredients were simple and noble, the combination sublime. Pierfrancesco made it seem effortless, and truth be told, it is.”

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