"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:20:07 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> > wrote:
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>>It's originally peasant food, meaning many people couldn't AFFORD much on
>>pizza.
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> Makes sense. Tks
>
> Lou

A book you might like: "In Nonna's Kitchen", by Carol Field. The author
traveled around Italy and met with grandmothers whose recipes were probably
too simple - not trendy enough to be found in glossy overproduced books. The
recipes are great, but there are quite a few stories in the book, too, as
well as history. Until reading it, I never realized that even into the
1950s, sharecropping was common.