Pasta originated...You would think this was an easy sentence to complete. However, the history of this staple food is, in fact, somewhat less than clear. Many people have been taught that pasta came to Italy from China when Marco Polo returned from his journey there. One thing we do know, pasta was already in Italy when Marco left for China. The controversy arises because there is pasta as we know it today, and lots of other ways of making a very similar food indeed.
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