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If you have never been to Boston’s North End, you’re missing one of the great “little Italys” in the US. NY’s little Italy has more or less vanished and been gobbled up by China Town but Boston still has an authentic Italian American neighborhood and population in the North End.

Since I’m on the topic of pasta, I thought I would share this video. Prince is a pasta brand born from Italian immigrants that came to Boston in the early 1900′s and Prince Street is one of the main streets in the North End. I haven’t had Prince in a long time, so I don’t know how it stacks up against other pasta brands. According to their website, it was sold in 1987 to Borden Inc. (a non-Italian company.)

If you grew up in New England, you might remember this commercial for Prince. It’s a classic! There’s also a re-make of it. You can find both on the Prince website (www.princepasta.com). The great part of this commercial is that Anthony (the boy in the commercial) was a boy that lived in the North End and was approached on the street by the producers of the commercial to be in it. Wednesday’s are still Prince Spaghetti Day:)