In the 1976 Italian film, “Down and Dirty,” Giacinto Mazzatella—played by actor Nino Manfredi—remarks, “Oxtail and celery are like man and woman: it’s all well when one sticks to the other.
Modena balsamic vinegar is such a kitchen staple today that it’s hard to imagine that it was almost unheard of outside Italy until relatively recently.