Best Bolognese
Tagliatelle al Ragù is a traditional pasta dish from Bologna, Italy, consisting of flat egg-based ribbon pasta served with a slow-cooked meat sauce. The ragù is prepared with finely minced beef and pork, soffritto of onion, celery, and carrot, tomato, and wine, simmered for several hours until thick...
Guido Reni's Massacre of the Innocents is an oil painting made around 1611 and now held by the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna. It depicts soldiers killing children on King Herod's orders while mothers struggle, flee, and appeal for mercy within a tightly organized composition. The work combines vio...
Annibale Carracci's Pietà is an oil-on-canvas altarpiece painted around 1600 and now in the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples. It shows the Virgin supporting the dead Christ, accompanied by angels, in a concentrated devotional composition. Carracci combines carefully structured, classicall...
Guido Reni's Annunciation (c. 1610) in the Quirinal Palace, Rome, is a large devotional altarpiece painted for the papal residence, reflecting his elegant classicizing early style.
Prego Bolognese Meat Sauce is a Campbell's jarred sauce inspired by meat-based Bolognese ragù, a northern Italian style associated with Bologna.
