RETRO REVIVAL
Mar 11, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS MATT PRESTON
We do know that puttanesca was originally from Naples or the islands off the coast.
The most ‘romantic’ origin story is that this combo of tomatoes, olives, capers and anchovies was a quick dinner favoured by working girls between clients. Some even credit its invention to a 19th century French courtesan called Yvette, who was homesick for the flavours of Provence. (The word puttanesca roughly translates to ‘lady of the night’.) The trouble with this theory is that no recipes
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