The Amatriciana Trail

Hunting Down Roman Cuisine in Rome

The superlative Pasta all’Amatriciana at Trecca Trattoria in Rome.

I first encountered the traditional Italian pasta sauce Amatriciana in The Classic Pasta Cookbook, a 1993 book by Giuliano Hazan. My father got his hands on a copy. Whether it was a present or he bought it, I don’t know. It had the squarest title and the squarest cover I’ve ever seen on a…