Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

.... It is
> notable that the name Alfredo isn't used in Italy. When they serve
> butter & cheese sauce on fettuccine in Italy, they call it
> "fettuccine with butter & cheese" not "fettuccine alfredo"

Without looking it up, Fettucinne Alfredo was originated at Harry's Bar
(an ex-pat and literati hangout in Rome) in the 1920s. I forget the
date, whether it was 1923 or 1927.

There was no cheese, originally. The recipe called for a kind of
triple-fat butter we can't get here in the US unless imported, and a
cream resembling our heavy whipping cream. The cheese as a principal
ingredient was a revision to duplicate the kind of sauce texture.

B/