{"id":11822,"date":"2023-08-31T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/?p=11822"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:21:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:21:29","slug":"eat-in-san-pedro-mostaccioli-pt-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/2023\/08\/31\/eat-in-san-pedro-mostaccioli-pt-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Eat in San Pedro: Mostaccioli, Pt. I"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first time I saw mostaccioli on the Dalmatian-American Club\u2019s buffet menu, I assumed it was the Southern Italian cacao and spices-based Christmas cookie because of my Italian upbringing.<\/strong><\/span> Imagine my perplexity when it turned out to be pasta with meat sauce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I didn\u2019t think much about it or wonder how an Italian-sounding dish found its way on a Croatian buffet until my editor suggested I write about mostaccioli. This left me more perplexed than the scenario above because, at the time, I questioned the relevance of writing about penne pasta served with meat sauce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n