LAKE PARK, Minn. — Not since Sophia Loren tempted Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in “Grumpier Old Men” has the arrival of an authentic Italian dish created such a stir in an outstate Minnesota community.

Jim Hermann didn’t import an international sex symbol, but he and his team have introduced some irresistible Italian-American specialties to Swanie’s Resort, 10 miles south of Lake Park.

Hermann’s new restaurant, Sauce’d, opened on the shores of Middle Cormorant Lake June 1 and has quickly built a following with authentic Italian fare like house-made lasagna, pasta in bolognese sauce and Pasta Arrabiiata (Italian sausage and hot peppers in a spicy red sauce).

“To be successful, we had to be different from the pack,” says Hermann, a native New Yorker. “So I figured we can be the only Ita

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