Gently sauté but do not brown, the garlic, onion and chilli peppers. Add the tomatoes, capers, olives and anchovies, salt and pepper and basil to taste. On low heat, cook until the sauce is thick.

Serve with spaghetti, or noodles with plenty of grated Parmesan.

Supposedly named for the local “working girls”.
It was a quick and easy meal to make after a hard day’s (or night’s) toil.

Florence, Italy.