Ellie Lofaro (2004) Leap of Faith[1] (religion), →ISBN, page 17 of 256: “Their grown children would never think of being late for the traditional macaroni and gravy. (They never called it pasta and sauce.)”
Peter E. Bondanella (2005) Hollywood Italians: dagos, palookas, romeos, wise guys, and Sopranos[2] (performing arts), →ISBN, page 302 of 352: “Paulie's visit to Naples turns out to be a complete disaster: he thinks the natives are unfriendly; he hates the food, rejecting a delicacy (black pasta with squid ink), asking, instead, for "macaroni and gravy", a request that the locals translate as spaghetti and tomato sauce...”
Jennifer L. Holm (2006) Penny from heaven[3] (fiction), →ISBN, page 65 of 274: “They even call the food by different names. They call pasta "macaroni." At home we say it's tomato sauce, and here they call it gravy.”
