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Pomodoro means 'tomato' in Italian. [1] More specifically, pomodoro is a univerbation of pomo ('apple') + d ('of') + oro ('gold'), [2] possibly owing to the fact that the first varieties of tomatoes arriving in Europe and spreading from Spain to Italy and North Africa were yellow, with the earliest attestation (of the archaic plural form pomi d'oro) going back to Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1544).
Il pomo d'oro (The Golden Apple) is an opera in a prologue and five acts by the Italian composer Antonio Cesti with a libretto by Francesco Sbarra (1611-1668). It was first performed before the imperial court in a specially constructed open-air theatre Vienna in 1668. The work was so long it had to be staged over the course of two days: the ...
Cacio e pepe (Italian: [ˈkaːtʃo e pˈpeːpe]) is a pasta dish typical of the Lazio region of Italy. [1] [2] Cacio e pepe means 'cheese and pepper' in several central Italian dialects.
A more recent alteration is zio pera, where porco is replaced by pera ("pear"). Maremma maiala , using Maremma instead of Madonna ( Maremma is a seaside zone of Tuscany, and maiala means " sow "). The idiom is widely used in Tuscany, [ 115 ] in which the origin is attributed to the swamps of Maremma that used to cause malaria and other diseases ...
Clockwise from top left; some of the most popular Italian foods: Neapolitan pizza, carbonara, espresso, and gelato. Italian cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisine [1] consisting of the ingredients, recipes, and cooking techniques developed in Italy since Roman times, and later spread around the world together with waves of Italian diaspora.
The 17th-century chef and writer La Varenne (1615–1678) marked a change from cookery as known in the Middle Ages, to somewhat lighter dishes, and more modest presentations. Subsequently, Antonin Carême (1784–1833) also published works on cooking, and he simplified and codified an earlier and even more complex cuisine.
The Cook of Castamar (Spanish: La cocinera de Castamar) is a Spanish period drama television series adapting the novel of the same name by Fernando J. Muñez which stars Michelle Jenner and Roberto Enríquez. Set in early 18th-century Madrid, the plot follows the love story between an agoraphobic cook and a widowed nobleman. [1]
La manzana de oro (lit. ' The golden apple ') is a 2022 Spanish-Portuguese comedy film directed by Jaime Chávarri from a screenplay by José Ángel Esteban and Chávarri based on the novel Ávidas pretensiones by Fernando Aramburu. Its cast is led by Adrián Lastra, Marta Nieto, and Sergi López.