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Growing up in Italian household was an experience. We ate good food...and plenty of it. Whenever friends would come to visit, they would always be fed. A lot... And if you didn't eat, you insulted the family. Everyone ate. The first words out of my friend's mouths were always: "That was good" Then, they would always ask: "Why is everyone yelling at each other?" I tried to explain, we weren't yelling....that was the way we talked. I'm a pretty loud person to this very day... One of the signature dishes was spaghtti sauce...I mean gravy. There is a lot of debate about what to call it. You'll have to decide yourself. Here is the recipe: Red Sauce / Gravy from Pasta Therapy Ingredients 1-28oz. can of crushed tomato, stewed tomato or puree 1-6oz. can of tomato paste 2-3 cloves of garlic (or more) Olive oil Basil, parsley, oregano, salt, pepper to taste 1/4 cup of red table wine (more or less) Directions 1. Crush garlic with ...

I can't tell you how many arguments we had around the kitchen table about spaghetti sauce. Is it called sauce or is it called gravy? Any way you slice it, it's all the same thing. I watched my two Italian grandmothers make sauce (gravy) a number of times. (Grandma Grande and Grandma Palmieri were both born in Italy and raised their familes in Providence Rhode Island)) I listed down the ingredients and then I asked them: how much of this ingredient or that ingrient do you use? They both said the same thing: a little bit of this and a little bit of that... After making gravy (sauce) for over 60 years, they really didn't know how much of any ingredient they put it... I also watched my mom make her sauce. Sometimes she used whole tomatoes, sometimes she used tomato puree. Here is my take on how to make red sauce: Enjoy... albert Discover how to make pizza, pizza dough and much more Learn to make pasta, eat pasta, love pasta...