I think you don't really need the /etc/hosts entry, I use this since google started using .dev domains and switched to using .localhost for everything local.

Never needed the entry

and you're still setting up a proxy for the port forwarding?

Cannot be unseen: radio buttons are not symmetrical (chrome 120 on ubuntu)

Italian here, I googled "ricetta cipolle caramellate" (caramelized onions recipe) and they all range from 30 minutes to 1 hour in length

The article is about caramelized onions within other recipes, not caramelized onions as a recipe.