Tomato Sauce

Pot of tomato sauce on a table next to a cheese grater, tomatoes on the vine and olive oil.
From the Coppola family kitchen: Sauces

Italia's Quick Tomato Sauce

This sauce is a bit heartier than the sauces that do not contain carrots and celery, but it is just as simple to make. Serve it with pasta, polenta and with any dish that calls for tomato sauce.

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A bowl of mussels in tomato sauce with a burlap napkin underneath.
From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes

Mussels with Tomato Sauce

When Italia cooked mussels, she likely had to trim their long seaweed beards and scrub off, if possible, the barnacles who had attached themselves to the shells. Advances in shellfish cultivation has changed everything and made it much easier for home cooks to both get good mussels and prepare them.

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