THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE, The Wonders Of Local Cuisine
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Language: English / USA
Hi, my name’s James, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to the wonderful flavors of Neapolitan cooking.
Naples has an incredibly rich culinary tradition, and a number of world-renowned dishes originated here.
As I’m sure you know, pizza originated here in ancient times. Mozzarella – another Neapolitan invention - was added in 1889 by Raffaele Esposito, who created the pizza Margherita in honor of Queen Margherita di Savoia. Here in Naples you’ll find fried pizza as well as the oven-baked variety.
Naples is also the home of spaghetti and maccheroni, which may be served with pummarola, a tomato sauce; with ragù, chopped beef cooked in tomatoes, or with la genovese, meat slow-cooked in onions.
And of course, as in any other Mediterranean city, you’ll also find plenty of seafood first courses, with the ingredients fresh from the Gulf, as well as fish soup.
A typical specialty of Naples is calamarata, a short pasta served with squid sauce....