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penne alla vodka

pasta quills with vodka

It was a fad dish in the 70's-90's: penne pasta with cheese, bacon or prosciutto, garlic and vodka, and it still appears on restaurant menus. Some say a vodka importer invented it to drum up sales.

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Image by Janet Hudson