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PASTA A LA NORMA

A la Norma is a dish offered in almost every restaurant in Catania, the second biggest city in Sicily and it unquestionably one of the most popular dishes in the area.  Story goes that in 1831 the Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini frequented the same restaurant while he was composing his opera La Norma and due to the fact that he ordered the same pasta every night, the proprietor decided to name the dish in honor of Bellini or rather his…

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