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Article: In Italy, Right in the Kisser
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 29, 2005
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Think what might have happened if Baci chocolates had kept their
original name, cazzotti. Instead of giving your true love a "kiss"
(in Italian, bacio), you'd give him or her a "punch" -- as in punch
in the mouth.
We learned this and other historical tidbits about Italy's famous
bonbon at the Perugina factory and museum in San Sisto, about a two
hours' drive north of Rome in theUmbria region. The facility is in a
light industrial area (which in Italy means that there still are
vineyards between the factory buildings) a few miles west of Perugia,
the city where the candy was born and from which the company takes
its name.
A guide shared the history of the treat: In 1907, pastamaker ...