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Michael La Corte

The perfect fall dinner? Buttery gnocchi

Gnocchi with Crispy Pancetta, Sun dried Tomatoes and Spinach (Getty Images/LauriPatterson)
Abbondanza — Italian for "abundance" — is a bi-monthly column from writer Michael La Corte in which the author shares his tips for making traditional Italian-American recipes even better.

Earlier this week, I spotted a woman getting out of a car, wearing a familiar Gucci logo emblazoned on her black t-shirt. But after blinking and rubbing my eyes, I realized that the word under the emblem most certainly wasn't "Gucci." 

Instead, there in bold, white letters, the word "Gnocchi" was scrawled across the shirt — the same one, I might add, that was once sported by Joe Gorga of "Real Housewives of New Jersey" fame — proud and brazen. As someone who was born and raised in a predominantly Italian-American area, I understood the appeal. 

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