Patricia Volonakis Davis
Harlot's Sauce Contests and Winners
"Harlot's sauce" is a spicy, thick, Italian tomato sauce. On menus at Italian restaurants it is listed as 'salsa puttanesca.' Legend has it that harlots in southern Italy made this sauce "between clients" because it was quick and inexpensive to prepare, but also quite delicious.
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See Below to Read About Some of Our Previous
Contests and Winners
CONTEST #1 was:
Mary Jane Dingledy
Mary Jane is an attorney for the City of New York, who is also a classically trained soprano soloist at Saint John's Episcopal Church in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She has performed concerts in Germany, in operas for the Brooklyn Repertory Opera Company and at dramatic events staged by the Brooklyn Lyceum. She studies voice in Manhattan. Her professional profile can be viewed at www.classicalsinger.com
Mary Jane wrote, "Harlot's Sauce is a pasta sauce usually called puttanesca. In relation to the title I think it means creating something very delicious out of limited choices."
Stacy Hames
Stacy is from California and is a VOX blogger.
In regards to the significance of the title, Stacy wrote, "Harlot's Sauce is what one might end up with when one sells oneself...their soul, their happiness, their being."
Afrodite (Effie) Socrates
Effie is a Greek-Cypriot American who lives in New York. She is a wife, a mother and an entrepreneur.
Effie wrote, "This is a Sicilian sauce that is both sweet and salty. My guess is it describes the main character. Also, 'harlot's sauce' is so named because it could be prepared quickly between clients. Maybe each chapter of the memoir will be a 'quickie.'"
Phillip Ferris
Is a 43-year-old Cornishman married to Cathy, a woman of great patience. He fell in love with Greece on his first foreign holiday when he toured the Peloponnese and spent time near Marathon. His love was strengthened following his discovery of the memoirs of Dilys Powell's years in Greece and a subsequent correspondence with her. He began his long term struggle to learn Greek following that first holiday. The most successful part of that has been becoming best friends with his first tutor and her husband, whom he and his wife visit often in Corfu.
Phillip wrote, " I cannot wait to read Patricia's work and enjoyed the excerpts on the website. (I entered the competition on the strength of them.) I post directly from my N95 at:
philhellene.vox.com but my more ephemeral posts are at: philhellene.jaiku.com.
'Harlot's sauce' is another name for puttanesca, a pulpy sauce made with garlic, olives and salty tomatoes. It's often referred to as 'harlot's sauce' because it could be made easily between clients, or so legend has it. Other tales have women preparing it quickly before their husbands get home and discover what they've been up to. Saucy indeed. I would guess that Patricia chose this title to represent the flavours of Greece she experienced in the time she had when she wasn't working at her education service."
Kimberly Scott
Kim is a data recovery adviser and a loving mother from Novato, California, who is very into physical fitness.
Kim wrote, "Being all things Italian, 'puttanesca' is the first thing that comes to mind. Can't wait to read this 'saucy' book!!"
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CONTEST # 3 for HARLOT'S SAUCE was:
- WIN DINNER FOR TWO at your favorite local Italian of Greek restaurant
Winner was: Cynthia Taylor of UK
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HARLOT'S SAUCE:
A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss
and Greece
To see a video of Patricia instructing us how to make salsa puttanesca,
click on the image of the pasta
above.
