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By SANDRA RICHARDSON
Extension Agent, Home Economics
One of the world’s best-loved pasta treasures is spaghetti. Although its origin is lost in antiquity, several legends lend color to its beginning.
The best-known tale is that Marco Polo introduced spaghetti to Italy. His enthusiasm for the noodles he had eaten during his famous trip to China, the story goes, led him to introduce the food to his homeland upon his return.
In recent years, however, scholars have questioned the Marco Polo story. For one thing, macaroni was
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