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Marcella Hazan: America's grandmother of Italian food (CS Monitor)
Marcella Hazan: America's grandmother of Italian foodMarcella Hazan, who taught Americans to love and cook Italian food, will be remembered for her dry wit, wisdom, and really good pasta sauce.
By Kendra Nordin, Stir It Up! Editor / September 30, 2013
Marcella Hazan, the author of six cookbooks on Italian cooking and the reason most Americans have a taste for pasta, died Sept. 29 at her home in Longboat Key, Fla.
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Hazan helped to expand the American definition of Italian beyond spaghetti with dark tomato sauce. She emphasized simplicity and never tired of wining her husband's approval and celebration over a delicious dish.
Born in Egypt Hazan grew up in her father's native Italy as the country was overcome by World War II. Later, in the process of pursuing a doctorate in natural science (she failed her zoology exams three times), she met Victor Hazan, an Italian Jew who had moved to America with his family to escape the war. He had returned to Italy as a young man to reconnect with his roots, ponder literature and art, and consume great food.
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Food/Stir-It-Up/2013/0930/Marcella-Hazan-America-s-grandmother-of-Italian-food
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Marcella Hazan: America's grandmother of Italian food (CS Monitor) (Original Post)
pinto
Sep 2013
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Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)1. She knew how to cook, that's for sure.
RIP
pinto
(106,886 posts)2. It's a great story.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)3. I'll say. Her husband, I am jealous..as the OP states here:
He had returned to Italy as a young man to reconnect with his roots, ponder literature and art, and consume great food.
omg, how great would that be!