Saronno

Italy

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origin of amaretto

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    In amaretto

    …the small Italian city of Saronno, in Lombardy, claim to have originated amaretto, its name derived from the Italian adjective amaro, meaning “bitter.” The Reina family’s recipe draws on a local innkeeper’s version of the drink. As legend has it, the innkeeper gave the liqueur to the Renaissance painter Bernardino…

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