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TIL Chef Boy-Ar-Dee was a truly accomplished Italian immigrant chef named Ettore Boiardi, pronounced like his namesake brand, beginning with sauce in 1928. His company imported more parmesan cheese than any other company in America. He began when grocery patrons helped him can his sauce for sale.

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