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Small ridged potato dumplings in melted butter with crisp sage leaves in a shallow bowl

Gnocchi in Sage Butter

$17 play money

Soft potato dumplings in butter with crisp sage. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $17 in play money, which puts it in the Everyday tier ($15 to $59). It is part of the everyday core of the menu.

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Key facts

Cuisine
Italian
Menu section
Italian
Price tier
Everyday ($15 to $59)
Play-money price
$17
Main ingredients
potato gnocchi, butter, sage
How it is served
Small ridged potato dumplings in melted butter with crisp sage leaves in a shallow bowl

History, tradition and origin

Dried pasta made from hard durum wheat was produced in Sicily and southern Italy in the Middle Ages, and fresh egg pasta belongs to the richer north. Tomato sauce arrived only after tomatoes came from the Americas. Each shape has a home region and a sauce it suits. Risotto comes from the rice-growing plains of the Po valley.

Food economy and industry

Italy is the largest pasta producer and exporter, and Italians eat more per person than anyone else. Durum wheat is grown in Italy, Canada and the United States, and its price swings with the weather. Industrial pasta is extruded and dried in hours, while smaller makers use bronze dies and slow drying and charge more for it.

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