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Before the pasta is added, laurel and i position ourselves under the frescoes, ready for conspicuous consumption. >> to la superba. >> la superba. and having this restaurant all to ourselves. >> oh, man, couldn't get much better than this. >> hi, chef. >> oh, look at this. >> okay, corzetti. that sauce is gorgeous. >> have you tried the meat yet? >> no, not yet. beautiful. delicate. >> rich but delicate. that should be the new nickname for genoa. >> turns out the pasta is just the opening scene of an epic drama. capone magro was once a snack for sailors, just fish and sea

But anyway, i thought it was a really cool thing. it has nothing to do with food at all. >> but there is a connection. in genoa, the taste for art and thriftiness extends to the kitchen. because this great pork has to feed both the workers and the wealthy. the docks made genoa rich. it became known as la superba. but not everybody lived the high life. these are the karugi. back alleys where dock workers and sailors have for centuries come to eat good, simple fare. i'm meeting laurel evans, a relocated texan food writer. >> hello. how are you? >> i'm good. how are you? >> good, good. >> when sh...

The wealth of the upper classes. >> so this is the banking center, but also like shopping and all that sort of stuff? >> yeah, you have some of the first banks that were founded in europe in genoa because all of these merchants and wealthy ship captains needed somewhere to put their money. so genoa has a nickname, which is la superba. >> superba means grandiose, splendid, beautiful ornate, but it also means a little bit haughty, a little bit snobbish. >> the place to eat like a merchant prince is the cook, a popular new restaurant of chef ivano rickey buono in a startling 14th century setting....