Jenn and Clara discuss the best ways to make Sunday gravy, various types of tomatoes, their favorite herbs for tomato sauce, and other Italian ingredients in The Godfather.

Chapters

0:16 Sunday gravy in The Godfather

0:25 Content warning

1:18 What is the one-sentence summary of the movie?

1:30 Cast/crew

1:58 The Coppola film dynasty

3:17 "The Offer"

4:12 Masculine movies

5:01 Immigrant stories

5:30 Movie quotes

6:18 Clemenza's sauce (Sunday gravy)

7:48 Filipino spaghetti

8:30 What makes a great tomato

10:28 DOP/AOC

11:32 Clara's ultimate tomato sauce

14:09 Vegetarian/vegan bolognese tips

15:25 Symbolism of oranges

16:32 where is Clemenza's sauce in the movie?

18:53 Ingredient breakdown

20:34 All about garlic

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26:30 Tomatoes!

30:45 Freezing ingredients

31:42 Proteins

33:22 East Coast v. West Coast produce

35:01 What did Jenn and Clara prepare to eat?

37:07 Culinary terms, techniques and ingredients

42:01 Call to action: where is the best place for red sauce?

43:35 That's a wrap!

Links We Mentioned

• Marcella Hazan's Tomato Sauce from the New York Times
• California Consumer Sue Cento
• Showdown: Comfort Food, Chili & BBQ by Jenn de la Vega (Affiliate link)

Sounds We Used

• Italian Food Music by Andriih
• Epic Transition by u_adx0915qo1
• FX Evil Sting by v0idation
• Italian Cafe Music by Andriih

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