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Most food historians agree that the union of spaghetti with meatballs is an American culinary invention with Italian roots. In the vast majority of cases, Old World-Italian cuisine calls for mixing heavy meat sauces with fettuccine and tagliatelle but not spaghetti.[http://culinariaitalia.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/ragu-alla-bolognese-authentic-recipe/ Info on pasta and meat sauce dishes on Wordpress.com]