A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce

A surprisingly wide-ranging journey into the story of this beloved dish and “an utterly fascinating discourse on food history” ( The Daily Beast ). Intellectually engaging and deliciously readable, this is a stereotype-defying history of how one of the most recognizable symbols of Italian cuisine and national identity is the product of centuries of encounters, dialogue, and exchange. Is it possible to identify a starting point in history from which everything else unfolds—a single moment that ca