When you think of Dean Martin’s iconic song “That’s Amore,” you can probably hear the opening line used in so many classic movies play in your head; “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.” 

However, fans of the song know the Rat Pack singer goes on to list another classic Italian dish: pasta fagioli (or pasta e fagioli). “When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fagioli, that’s amore,” Martin croons. The pasta and bean dish is more than just an apt rhyme for “drool,” Martin is actually singing about one specific version of pasta fagioli that he loves: his mother’s.