Gnocchi with Peppa…..Without the Malocchio

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How to refuse when Peppa calls us to ask,  “Ho fatto gnocchi oggi. Venite a cena?  (“I made gnocchi today – coming to dinner?”) Si, Peppa.  Subito. What a sauce Peppa had made for those gnocchi:  her olive oil, a bit of onion, tomatoes from her garden, a basil leaf or two, joined “pezzetti di…