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The 29th – Gnocchi day!

by on 11:32 am in Buenos Aires Culture

An Italian /Argentine tradition for the 29th Why are gnocchi eaten on the 29th of each month? The tradition of serving gnocchi on the 29th comes from a legend that goes way back to the eighth century. In Nicosia, Cyprus, lived a young doctor named Pantaleon, who, after converting to Christianity, traveled through northern Italy. There he performed miraculous [...]

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