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RED SAUCE: HOW ITALIAN FOOD BECAME AMERICAN (2021), by Ian MacAllen, tells story of how Italian American favorites like penne alla vodka and veal parmigiana. More at RedSauceAmerica.com
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At Red Sauce America, I spoke with Luca Cesari about his new book, The History of Pizza, and how Neapolitan pizza spread around the world.

#pizza #🍜 #italianfood #food #books #history

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Pizza's Global Journey from Naples and Back Again: A Conversation with Luca Cesari, author of The History of Pizza - Red Sauce America
Photo by Thomas Prior Historian Luca Cesari is an expert on Italian food. In his new book, The History of Pizza, he explores the origins of this iconic Neapolitan dish, looks at the migration of piz...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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We're making chicken parm tonight, but first we have to make a light tomato sauce. Here's a 30-second ASMR video of the sauce simmering in the pot

(Our YouTube channel is entirely sauce videos like a Yule Log of tomato sauce)

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Starting a Simple Tomato Sauce
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November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Had a great chat with Wendy Holloway at Flavor of Italy podcast, where we talked about tomatoes, Italian American food, and traveling to Italy.

#italianfood #italy #🍜 #italianhistory

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Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American
Understanding red sauce means understanding the immigrant story. Italian-American food tells a tale of adaptation, resilience, cultural pride
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October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Tonight I added my 50th and 51st video on the @redsauceamerica.bsky.social YouTube account, which I just realized is 5 years old.

Anyway, if you like ASMR videos of tomato sauce boiling, that's 25+ minutes of boiling tomato sauce. It's like a Yule Log for ragù.

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Red Sauce America is an online publication celebrating Italian American food and culture with interviews, essays, and reviews. Our channel features ASMR videos of various tomato sauces bubbling on the...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Summer's coming to an end, which means the Italian Ice shops will soon be closing for the season. Check out a look at the history of Italian Ice in New York City.

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#food #history #🍜 #italianfood
The History of Italian Ice in New York City - Red Sauce America
Summer tastes like Italian Ice. The sweet cold treat was introduced to American cities with Italian immigrant enclaves in the early 20th century. Those early vendors launched the Italian Ice industry ...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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What do artichokes have to do with the mob? A whole lot it turns out.

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Why the mafia fought a bicoastal gang war over artichokes
From machete fights in California fields to hijacked railcars in the Bronx, organized crime transformed the humble artichoke into a lucrative—and violent—black-market prize.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Check out Episode 3 of The Coccia Institute's Red Sauce, a look at Angelo's, a Lyndhurst, New Jersey red sauce restaurant.

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Red Sauce, Episode 3: Angelo's
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September 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The grannies were pasta scammers!

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Barricades in Bari: why the city’s ‘pasta grannies’ are under scrutiny
Sellers of fresh orecchiette in southern Italy are fighting back after being accused of tricking tourists with bought wares
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September 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Last week I ate my way through the San Gennaro festival in Manhattan -- so naturally I wrote about braciole, sausage and peppers, and Italian wontons.

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Food Notes: 9/23
Sausage and peppers, sour beers, Italian wontons, Chinese ravioli, and more
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September 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Did you know that Burger King once served a Veal Parmigiana sandwich?

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A Look Back at the Burger King "Veal Parmagiana" Sandwich - Red Sauce America
In the late 1970s, Burger King was losing the burger wars. McDonalds had come to dominate fast food on a national level. A number of factors contributed to Burger King lagging behind like poor managem...
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September 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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In 1996, New York City's San Gennaro Festival added competitive eating. The the popular contests where contestants chowed down on cannoli, meatballs, pizza, and zeppole were suddenly cancelled.

Here's a look back at when and why they started...

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The Shrine to san Gennaro at the 2022 San Gennaro festival in Little Italy NY
September 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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2022 was the last competitive eating challenge at the Feast of San Gennaro. We looked back at a history of food eating at the festival.

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September 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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You can read a copy of Red Sauce from the @qplnyc.bsky.social, available at the central branch in Jamaica!

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Red-sauce-:-how-Italian-food-became-American | Queens Public Library
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September 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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The San Gennaro feast begins this week in New York City!

Check out this history at I wrote at Whetstone Magazine

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San Gennaro: A Gastronomic Celebration of Immigrant Foods — Whetstone Magazine
This Italian American festival in New York City reflects its neighborhood’s changing populations and priorities.
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September 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I made this like three years and I don't even remember the meme reference.
August 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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"Saying something is 'authentic' is...a way of freezing culture in place...denying that culture is a living thing."

@cyriaquelamar.bsky.social's interview with @annaleen.bsky.social on their new book "Automatic Noodle" (@tordotcom.bsky.social) is out now.
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In “Automatic Noodle,” The Robots Run The Restaurant - Chicago Review of Books
Our interview with Annalee Newitz about their new book, "Automatic Noodle."
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August 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Over at Feedspot, Red Sauce America was just named one of the top 25 Italian American blogs.

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25 Best Italian American Blogs and Websites in 2025
FeedSpot brings you the best list of Italian American blogs, ranked by relevance, online following, and freshness to keep you connected with the latest voices
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July 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Beach pizza, Ostia.
July 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Sure, buddy.
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June 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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I've been reviewing pizza slices over at All the Things We Eat.

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All The Things We Eat | Ian MacAllen | Substack
Restaurants, recipes, history, & other tasty bites. Click to read All The Things We Eat, by Ian MacAllen, a Substack publication. Launched 10 months ago.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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If you haven't had the chance to get a copy of Red Sauce: How Italian Food Became American, you can now buy it directly from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

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Red Sauce
Tells the story of Italian food arriving in the United States and how your favorite red sauce recipes evolved into American staples. In Red Sauce, Ian MacAllent…
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June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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A conversation about #marcellahazan and our MARCELLA documentary, with @redsauceamerica.bsky.social's @ianmacallen.bsky.social and film director Peter Miller @willowpondfilms.bsky.social.

MARCELLA is streaming now on Amazon, Apple, and anywhere you watch films, and in cinemas everywhere!
ianmacallen.bsky.social Ian MacAllen @ianmacallen.bsky.social · May 8
"When Steve prepared that dish, it was very much him channeling Marcella’s philosophy."

-- Peter Miller discussing @ranchogordo.bsky.social appearing in the documentary Marcella

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Marcella movie poster and Marcella Hazan next to her cookbooks
May 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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"When Steve prepared that dish, it was very much him channeling Marcella’s philosophy."

-- Peter Miller discussing @ranchogordo.bsky.social appearing in the documentary Marcella

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Marcella movie poster and Marcella Hazan next to her cookbooks
May 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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I had a chance to speak with Peter Miller about the new documentary film Marcella, about the life of Marcella Hazan.

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Marcella Hazan’s Secret Sauce: A Conversation With Filmmaker Peter Miller - Red Sauce America
Marcella a documentary examining the life of Marcella Hazan will premiere in New York City on May 9. Image courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment Marcella Hazan changed the way Americans cooked and thou...
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May 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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What do you get when you combine pizza and a sandwich? Trapizzino. Luckily there's a restaurant in Manhattan serving them up.

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Eating at Trapizzino: An Italian Sandwich Pizza - https://allthethingsieat.com/siteimages/titlecard.jpg
The trapizzino is described as a combination of pizza and sandwich. One downside of this is they don't stand up on their own and require this little metal holder We ate at Trapizzino, a small chain o...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM