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History of Pasta in Brooklyn
Presented atBrooklyn Public Library
September 28, 2016
Leonard J. DeFrancisciDEMACO
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• Legend is that Marco Polo brought macaroni to Italy
• More likely, every culture developed form of macaroni
• Thomas Jefferson brought macaroni to US & invented a macaroni machine
BBC: April Fools1957
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In the book Travels of Marco Polo, Marco Polo described a process for making a form of paste made by “flour [that] is put into tubs full of water, and stirred with a stick.” He further described that this process forms a sort of bread that when done, “This bread tastes rather like barley-bread.” Marco Polo also said that he “brought [back] with him some of the flour, and also some of the bread made with it.”
Written down by Rustichello da Pisa circa 1300
1254-1324
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Model found in Egyptian tomb showing breadmaking processes
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c.1870
Pasta was batch processing until introduction of
continuous press in 1930s
Mixer, Kneader & Press
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Pasta Drying in Dirty
Streets of Naples
c.1890s
Naples: best climatic conditions
in world for making pasta
A pastaio was responsible for making pasta
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Eating pasta in Naples
Neapolitan pasta vendors 1915
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Macaroni Fashion Archibald MacNeal Willard (circa 1875)
Yankee Doodle went to town
Riding on a pony;
He stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it macaroni
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Archimedes of Syracuse
c.287-212 BC
Archimedes Screw
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Thomas Jefferson’s Macaroni Machine with Description
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Macaroni Mechanical Press
1914
Batch Processing
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Macaroni Gramola & Mixer
c.1920
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Mixer
Kneader
Modern Extruder
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• 4M Italians immigrated to US 1880-1924 and many took up home in Brooklyn
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Pasta sold in dry good where you would find bins of loose pasta
Horse drawn carriage delivery
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A. Zerega’s Sons, Inc.28 Front StreetFounded 1848Antoine Zerega
Zerega Ave & the elevated train station on the Pelham Line were named after Antonine
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Zerega trade show booth circa 1920s (top left)
Zerega sales team (top right)
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• Still considered at the time an ethnic food consumed mostly by Italians
Sunset Park47th & 4th Ave
• Due to ban on imports from Europe during WWI, pasta manufacturing companies emerged in US
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Metropolitan Macaroni
I. DeFrancisci & Son
• Macaroni machinery manufacturers near macaroni factories
• Many foundries in Brooklyn
Foundry
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I. DeFrancisci & Son219 Morgan Ave
• Starting building pasta machines in 1914
• 1926, merged with Cevasco, Cavagnaro & Ambrette, Inc. to become Consolidated Macaroni Machine Corporation located 156-161 6th Street
• 1952, became DEMACO
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DEMACO46-45 Metropolitan Ave
• Cardinale introduced Joseph DeFrancisci to the building
• Prince Macaroni took over building at Cardinale
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Spaghetti Spreader
Brooklyn becomes spaghetti capital of the world
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V. La Rosa & SonsMacaroni Company473 Kent Avenue
Founded 1914
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La Rosa developed individual packages
of pasta
Packaging Pasta1939
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Pasta crosses cultural boundaries & becomes staple in US
• Great Depression• Many GIs exposed to pasta during WWII
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D. Maldari & Sons557 Third AveFounded 1901Donato Maldari
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• Clermont
• Sirico founded Clermont in the 1920s & passed the company on to his two sons and son-in-law.
• In the mid 50s, Clermont moved its offices and manufacturing facility to 280 Wallabout Street.
• As large conglomerates became popular in the 1970s, Carlisle Corporation bought Clermont.
• Clermont was acquired by two other companies & went out of business by the mid 80’s
• John Amato, Sirico’s son-in-law continued as president of the company for many years.
DEMACO shared building with Clermont in the 1980s
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Refined Macaroni Company421-427 Rodney Street
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Santoro Macaroni225 Cook Street
Gaspare & Joe SantoroBenny PepitoneFounded 1940
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Brooklyn Macaroni Company
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Regional brands from Brooklyn
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Long Island CityFounded 1916
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• Because of space, became difficult to expand in Brooklyn• Pasta making highly logistical• Manufacturing closer to raw materials
• 1980s, consolidation of industry from family owned to corporate ownership
• 1990s, old factories close with mega factories making pasta for multiple brands
• Today, artisan pasta companies focusing on quality & regional flavors with chefs as the pastaio
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“Everything you see I owe to spaghetti”Sophia Loren, Macaroni Week Queen 1955
The King & Queen