Restaurants asked to give money from famed dish to town wrecked by Italian quake
Italian restaurants are being asked to donate money from orders of amatriciana to earthquake relief efforts.
The famous pasta dish comes from Amatrice, the Italian town at the center of an earthquake that rattled central Italy, destroyed much of the town, and left at least 73 people dead.
Restaurants that sell pastas amatriciana are asked to donate 2€ of every order to the Red Cross.
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Amatriciana, a tomato-based sauce full of pork and peccorino, is famous throughout the globe, so much so that the dish in 2008 made it onto an Italian stamp.
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Amatrice was set to host its 50th Festival of the Spaghetti all'Amatriciana on Aug. 27 and 28.
Now, Mayor Sergio Pirozzi has said "the town is no more."
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