Polenta Pot, Pedroncelli Family
notes: label: Description
content: Italian immigrants played many important roles in the development of the modern California wine industry. As laborers, vineyardists, winemakers, entrepreneurs, and businessmen, Italian Americans helped shape the industry that emerged in the decades following the 1933 Repeal of Prohibition.
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content: Many immigrants came from the Piedmont area of northern Italy, bringing their culinary knowledge and foodways traditions to California. One of the staple dishes in northern Italy is polenta, a thick porridge made of ground corn, which became a mainstay of many immigrants’ tables in America. This well-used copper polenta pot was used by the Pedroncellis of Geyserville, California. One of the family’s favorite recipes was venison stew served on polenta.
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pedroncelli Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0019.03
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content: 2014.0019.03
label: accession number
content: 2014.0019
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 18 1/2 in x 9 5/8 in; 17.78 cm x 46.99 cm x 24.4475 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 18 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 46.99 cm x 24.13 cm