In 1963, married women who worked full time were not commonplace. For these working women, the challenge was coming home after working all day and fixing a hearty supper for their husbands and children.
In those days, they didn't have all the convenience foods we now enjoy.
For Gloria Vano, a young housewife living in Superior and working full time, the solution was casserole meals.
She and her husband, Milan, made their home in a trailer while he attended Superior State College for his master's degree in art education.
When Gloria entered her Italian Tagliarini (pronounced tay-lyah-REE-nee) in the Duluth News Tribune's Cookbook contest in 1963, her dish not only outdid the other casserole entries but it took the contest's grand prize of $100.
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The recipe can be varied by simmering it instead of baking it and serving it over rice instead of noodles.
