Comments on: Don’t ask for Pasta Alfredo, please…

By: Meidich Hoertz

Meidich Hoertz — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:26:05 +0000

What’s really sad is this notion that in order for food to be “good,” it must be elaborate. Sometimes good food is simply made of quality ingredients with an uncomplicated preparation. There is nothing inherently wrong with cream or Parmesan or Romano cheese. Spending half and hour with 15 ingredients every night is more a symptom of snobbery than it is of quality.

By: Alessio

Alessio — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:04:54 +0000

An Italian never calls pasta Noodles. It’s like an American calling an hamburger, or patty, a smashed-groundbeef. Pasta is pasta. Noodles in far on the West side. Appreciate it.

By: Ines

Ines — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:48:57 +0000

HISTORY OF FETTUCCINE ALL’ALFREDO AND ITS CREATOR
We are the grandchildren of Alfredo Di Lelio (Alfredo and Ines Di Lelio). The story is this. Alfredo di Lelio opened the restaurant “Alfredo” in Rome nel 1914, after leaving his first restaurant run by his mother Angelina Rose Square (Piazza disappeared in 1910 following the construction of the Galleria Colonna / Deaf). In this local fame spread, first to Rome and then in the world of “fettuccine all’Alfredo”. In 1943, during the war, Di Lelio gave the local to his collaborators.
In 1950 Alfredo Di Lelio decided to reopen with his son Armando (Alfredo II) his restaurant in Piazza Augusto Imperatore n.30 “Il Vero Alfredo”, which is now managed by his nephews Alfredo (same name of grandfather) and Ines (the same name of his grandmother, wife of Alfredo Di Lelio, who were dedicated to the noodles).
In conclusion, the local Piazza Augusto Imperatore is following the family tradition of Alfredo Di Lelio and his notes noodles (see also the site of “Il Vero Alfredo”)

By: Alma beltram

Alma beltram — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:36:08 +0000

Hello, what city are u from?

By: Dorima

Dorima — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:36:47 +0000

Ok guys, let’s get this straight and easy: pasta Alfredo is not a typical italian dish. It is not snobbery, it is not a joke, it is the one and only truth. If I open a restaurant in Rome tomorrow, and decide to put in my menu the “Pasta Dorima” it doesn’t automatically become a traditional italian dish. Our national cuisine founds its origins on our ancestors, on the history of our country, not on the arguable creativeness of its chefs of modern times. So please, when an Italian tells you pasta Alfredo is not a famous italian dish, just trust in him.

By: sandra

sandra — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:37:22 +0000

Thanks for the relief from all the snobbery on this page!

Well said..

“as an American.”

By: Tampa Plumbing

Tampa Plumbing — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:24:28 +0000

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By: Webmaster

Webmaster — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:01:47 +0000

Well, there are some Italian origins, but it have been American tourists who broad the recipe to the US and made it what it is today. Not to mention that only few people really use the traditional ingredients when they make their "Alfredo sauce".

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:30:10 +0000

A friend of mine who is from Bologna absolutely loves one thing when he comes to the US and that is our steak. Come to think of it, an Israeli friend feels the same way. We Americans may make horrible food but we have no equal when it comes to a thick slab of beef.

By: Prince al-Sharif Abdullatif Al-Hashimi

Prince al-Sharif Abdullatif Al-Hashimi — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:27:37 +0000

I FORGOT TO SAY
WHY PEOPLE LIE?
ALOT PEOPLE DO ITALAIN RESTAURANT AND DO PIZZA THEY DONT KNOW HOW DO STILL THEY CLAIM ITALIAN, AND THEY CLAIM EVEN TO BE HALF ITALIAN.
PLZ
IS TIME FOR HONEESTY
I WAS IN UK
EVERYONE NEED A JOB IN PIZZA NEED TO CLAIM TO BE ITALIAN FOR HALF? AS SAY I AM ITALIAN HE WOULD BE CATCHED AS LIAR