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[Laurence Horn]

On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>> Well, it certainly worked for "pepperoni", which was a similar American invention "rooted in the Italian inspiration... chefs draw from when developing these dishes".
>>
>
> So, pepperoni is as American as apple pie and chop suey? Good to know.
>
cf. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/dining/02pepperoni.html

(suggesting it's actually more rooted in the German inspiration non-Italian chefs draw from)

LH

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