OK, I'm confused again. And I thank all y'all for your research. So we still don't know the final word.
emanuela, I went to Rome in 1978 or 1979 and had dinner at a restaurant called Alfredo where I ate fettucini Alfredo. I remember it was served in a huge bowl for all present at the table, and that there were photographs of celebrities on the walls.
Confused on both counts, but isn't it great to have the back-and-forth and quid-pro-quo,
AnnaS goes off to slice and sauté some Port*bell* shrooms and pour them over lightly buttered fettucini.