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FILE– Actor Stanley Tucci spiced up his new movie, Big Night, with a little meat, a little cheese, a little pasta. Tucci is shown in a scene from the movie which opened Sept. 20, 1996. ‘Big Night’ is about two brothers who rely on one big dinner to save their Italian restaurant in the 1950s. One of the stars is timpano, a dish of meat, cheese and pasta specific to the Tucci family s hometown of Calabria. I just wanted to make a movie that tells a simple story, that takes its time and that doesn t rely on violence and sex to sell tickets, said Tucci. (AP Photo/John Clifford, Rysher Entertainment)
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Top left: To make this fast-casual concept work during the lunch rush at G.H. Pasta Co., Chef Brian Clevenger expects each bowl to be made in seven minutes. Pictured: spaghetti with Bolognese and mascarpone. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times) Top right: A pile of tamales awaits steaming in the kitchen at Green Lake’s new Frelard Tamales. (Rebekah Welch / The Seattle Times) Bottom left: An everything bagel with plain schmear at Westman’s Bagel and Coffee on Capitol Hill. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times) Bottom right: This is Zhen Kee’s “Chef Special Lamb in the Stick”: smoky, chewy, terrific. (Bethany Jean Clement / The Seattle Times)

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