Portion sizes are not shy in Pennsylvania, with plates arriving generous, bowls brimming, and the aroma of garlic, tomato sauce, and fresh herbs filling the room before you even pick up your fork.
It is pasta piled high, sauce that clings to every bite, and bread baskets that seem to refill themselves.
Call it carb-loaded comfort, family-style feasting, the kind of meal that makes you loosen your belt and lean back halfway through. Pennsylvania Italian kitchens have perfected the art of abundance…