timpani

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And over time, “Big Night’s” timpano grew into something larger: a pop culture touchstone, a Tucci family legend, a viral recipe.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

MacAllen points to dishes like timpano — the dome-shaped, cheese-stuffed showstopper from “Big Night” — which, like lasagna, shares roots with American casseroles in its layers of pasta, meat and cheese.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

He plans to make timpano, a decadent Italian dish shaped like a drum and popularized by Stanley Tucci in the 1996 film “Big Night.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2021

For Round 2, he submitted a timpano, a dough-wrapped Italian baked pasta dish he made to feed 40 people at a party before the pandemic.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2020

In recent years, as large-format dishes have become trendy again, timpano has begun to appear at New York restaurants.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2016