Jim Vinciguerra, one of thousands of Italian Americans raised in the rolling hills of Amador County, never got over his grandmother Teresa's ravioli.

"It's the best I've ever tasted," said Vinciguerra, 63. He so craved the plump little pasta pillows stuffed with savory meats, mushrooms, spinach, cheeses, spices and other secret fillings that he decided to take dough into his own hands. In 1999, he retired from a long career as a counselor for the California Youth Authority to start his own ravioli company in his hometown of Jackson.

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