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Besides fettuccine Alfredo, is there a dish reviled by pasta snobs as much as penne alla vodka? The other day, one of these detractors summed up the recipe for us as follows: Bring a large pot of water to a roiling boil, add salt, toss in penne, and cook until al dente. Meanwhile, in a small pot, heat up a can of cream-of-tomato soup. Drain pasta. Dump soup over pasta. Mangia! Although the pasta snob was just being extra snooty and probably secretly craves the stuff, he wasn’t so far off the mark. The problem with vodka sauce is the...

EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Police say two pallets loaded with bottles of vodka sauce have fallen onto a worker at a New York packing plant, killing her. Suffolk County homicide detectives are investigating the death of Yolanda Gonzalez at L&S Packing in East Farmingdale, about 25 miles east of New York City. Police say the Lake Ronkonkoma (ron-KONK'-uh-muh) woman was labeling canned tomatoes Tuesday evening when the nearby pallets toppled over.