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From a Mistake to Food Legend: Napa's Pasta Malfatti

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If you're going to visit the Napa Valley and you're into food, you're probably going to check out the exclusive wineries and fine dining restaurants. But locals? They love a more humble dish: malfatti. It’s a little spinach and cheese dumpling, shaped like a pinky finger and smothered in sauce. And, you might ask, where do you find the most famous malfatti? In the back of a liquor store in the city of Napa. Lisa Morehouse brings us this story from the series California Foodways.

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