Daily Dialogue — May 19, 2017

“You start out with a little bit of oil. Then you fry some garlic. Then you throw in some tomatoes, tomato paste, you fry it; you make sure it doesn’t stick. You get it to a boil; you shove in all your sausage and your meatballs. And a little bit of wine, and a little bit of sugar — that’s my trick.”

— The Godfather (1972), screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, novel by Mario Puzo

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Mealtime.

Trivia: For the scene where Clemenza is cooking, Francis Ford Coppola originally wrote in the script, “Clemenza browns some sausage.” Upon seeing this, Mario Puzo crossed out “browns” and replaced it with “fries,” writing in the margin, “Gangsters don’t brown.”

Dialogue On Dialogue: As Clemenza says to Michael, “Never know when you’re gonna have to cook for twenty guys.”