Spaghetti with meatballs are part of the culinary tradition of the Abruzzo, Apulia, Sicily, and other parts of southern Italy. A recipe for rigatoni with meatballs is in "Il cucchiaio d'argento" ("The Silver Spoon"), a comprehensive Italian cookbook known as the "bible" of Italian cooking. Other dishes that have similarities to spaghetti and meatballs include "pasta seduta" 'seated pasta' and "maccaroni azzese" in Apulia. Some baked pasta dishes from Apulia combine pasta and meat where meatballs, mortadella, or salami are baked with rigatoni, tomato sauce, and mozzarella, then covered with a pastry top. Other pasta recipes include slices of meat rolled up with
Italian New Zealanders the Dante Alighieri Society and is celebrated yearly in Auckland. The festival includes Italian food, drink, live music and entertainment. Italian New Zealanders Italian New Zealanders are New Zealanders of Italian descent or Italian-born people who reside in New Zealand. The 2013 Census counted 3,795 New Zealanders of Italian descent. Italian-New Zealander culture is prominent across Aotearoa New Zealand, with the culture influencing New Zealand's art, food and drink, and film industry- similar to that of Italian Australian culture. Italians live in all regions of New Zealand, with the two most common regions being the Auckland Region and the Wellington