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Jun 14Liked by Enrica Monzani

Ciao, va bene anche in italiano? Io sono genovesissima, e ti ringrazio molto per aver raccontato la vera storia del pesto, assolto il burro e le noci al posto dei pinoli, e insomma tutto quello che hai scritto. Tutta la cucina "tradizionale" italiana è frutto del caso e, soprattutto, di quello che c'era a disposizione al momento, visto che i supermercati non sono esattamente luoghi storici. Grazie!

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Giustissimo!

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Jun 14Liked by Enrica Monzani

Received your email just as we were at MOG and thinking about lunch, and Il Genovese was great! Delicious pesto.

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Jun 14Liked by Enrica Monzani

Once again, Enrica, a very interesting and informative presentation. Thank you so much!!!

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thank you Kathie!!

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I enjoy learning about the origins of food and how they are prepared. Thank you.

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Thank you for reading!

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Fascinating and super-informative! One point I’m curious about. One of my readers (from Liguria) once commented that she makes pesto with a dollop of prescinsêua. But I haven’t heard that elsewhere. Any thoughts?

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Ciao Frank, your reader is saying something true! Some people, especially in the Golfo del Tigullio area, add a spoonful of prescinseua in their pesto!

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Fascinating! I would love to try this variation. Foccaccia di Recco is also made if prescinseua if I'm not mistaken? I adore the flavor. Thank you, Enrica, for this beautiful and fascinating recounting.

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