 It is not clear, however, if the dish was invented in honor of the general or if it was a dish already known at the time that was dedicated to him.In "Il cuoco maceratese" (The cook from Macerata) a book of 1779, indeed, Antonio Nebbia describes the preparation of particular lasagna called "princisgrass" with a richer recipe.So, probably, the dish was already present in the culinary tradition of the Marche, and in particular of Macerata.