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What Happens When Recipes Are Borrowed… and Then Given Back
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What Happens When Recipes Are Borrowed… and Then Given Back

Britain's love affair with Italian food, and how both nations have borrowed, adapted and reinvented recipes.

Britain has fallen in love with Italian food. But what happens when recipes travel from one country to another, adapting to new ingredients, tastes and traditions along the way?

In the first episode of The Rest Is Pasta, I explore Britain’s relationship with Italian cooking and the remarkable story of a pasta called Alfredo.

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