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Johnny Marzetti

Johnny Marzetti

Johnny Marzetti is a Midwestern Italian American pasta dish consisting of noodles, cheese, ground beef, and a tomato sauce that typically includes aromatic vegetables and mushrooms.[1]

Johnny Marzetti
CourseMain dish
Place of originColumbus, Ohio, United States
Region or stateMidwestern United States
Created byMarzetti’s Restaurant, Columbus, Ohio
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsPasta, ground beef, tomatoes.
VariationsColumbus, Ohio
  • Cookbook: Johnny Marzetti
  • Media: Johnny Marzetti
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History

Johnny Marzetti originated in Columbus, Ohio at Marzetti's, an Italian restaurant established in 1896 at Woodruff Avenue and High Street by an Italian immigrant named Teresa Marzetti.[2][3] One of the dishes Marzetti offered her customers was a baked casserole of ground beef, cheese, tomato sauce, and noodles that she named for her brother-in-law, Johnny.[4] Teresa Marzetti was the first person to serve the casserole Johnny Marzetti in a restaurant.[5] Proximity to the nearby Ohio State University helped the first restaurant succeed and spread Marzetti's fame.[6]

By the 1920s, it had become popular across Ohio and the Midwestern United States. The original restaurant closed in 1942, but a second location, opened in 1919, remained in operation until Teresa Marzetti died in 1972.[7] Marzetti's later became known for various salad dressings, which are still produced under the T. Marzetti Company label.

Johnny Marzetti also became a popular dish in the former Panama Canal Zone.[8] Some locals in this region felt that the dish originated there, and typically referred to it as "Johnny Mazetti".[8]

In Season 3, Episode 18 of Gilmore Girls, "Happy Birthday, Baby," it is referred to as "Johnny Machete," a dish Richard Gilmore's grandmother made for him when he was feeling sad.[9]

See also

  • List of casserole dishes

  • List of pasta dishes

References

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Citation Linkwww.columbusmonthly.comDarbee, Jeff (August 20, 2014). "City Quotient: What is Columbus' definitive local food?". Columbus Monthly. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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