Complex sentence: At the time, Petti had nothing more than four tomatoes, two olives and some capers, the basic ingredients for the dish, "so I used them to make the sauce for the spaghetti," Petti told Cuomo.
Split into simpler sentences: At the time, Petti had nothing more than four tomatoes, two olives and some capers; the basic ingredients for the dish. "So I used them to make the sauce for the spaghetti," Petti told Cuomo.