Italian Food
All About Italian Food site wants to give you the best info about this loving cuisine and culture. Looking for an Italian recipe? Are you a gourmet? Well..you're welcome! Benvenuti!
Pizza, spaghetti, tortellini... are they all alike? Not at all! As you get in touch with Italian gourmet food, you begin to notice how different their traditions are, depending on where they come from.
When I came to live in Italy 25 years ago, I was really surprised by the big differences among cooking methods, even between two small cities, just 7 km apart.
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The Italian food culture is truly... culture! Nobody can deny it. It's part of Italian life. It's unique and was developed so well that it became a typical product of Italy. There are so different types of pasta that it is difficult to compile a complete list of them. |
A fine Italian wine costs less than water in most restaurants! I mean the "estate wine" (vino della casa). A bottle of mineral water in a restaurant in Italy can cost me € 5, and a quarter liter of red wine € 3. Italian wine labels display a wide range of prices and there are many really good choices. Italian wines dominate the US market and there must be a reason for this phenomenon! |
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Italian drinks are not only wine. Tasty and typical beverages are often drunk as aperitifs, (another local habit) or after a meal, for example, grappa or limoncello.
I personally began to learn about traditional Italian food when I got married and came to live in Italy (Sardinia). I began to assimilate these traditions, actually making them mine. I had just began to learn Italian language and was suddenly living inside it.
I learned how to prepare a tomato sauce recipe and a homemade pasta recipe so that I could open a small spaghetti house in Rio when I lived there for a while.
There are so many easy Italian recipes as there are small towns and the curious thing is that they’re jealous of one another!Italian appetizers are great, beginning with the most simple Italian cheeses and cold cuts. Add some fresh bread with a thread of olive oil and you will never forget it!
Italian pasta recipes are quite infinite. Each small center has its own authentic Italian recipes and they are jealous of it.
You may say,“Your pork sausage reminds me of the one I ate yesterday at dinner in a nearby city or centre”. You’ll probably hear this response. “No, they use this spice (example) and we don’t. We use another one!” It’d be quite an insult to have the same recipe! |
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Italian food also means many risotto recipes, from land to seafood recipes. The Italian fried food is also based on fresh ingredients. Other than the most known first courses, Italian cuisine has its simple vegetarian recipes mixing the freshness of the ingredients with the taste of the homemade batter.
After all, Italian dessert recipes are a great chapel of any cookbook. Foods in Italy are of major importance, as you can begin since the morning, with the smell of fresh Italian pastry on the bar just close to home or office.
What about beginning to make your own cookbook? Here you find some suggestions of Italian cookbooks.
Italians espresso coffee makers are sold all around the world. The special blend of coffee sold in Italy has no equals.
Visit the culinary terms page to see what means that Italian word you heard at the restaurant or delicatessen. If you can not find it there, drop me a line . Also in case you may need something else that I have not yet published here.
Italians have some cute food quotes, that presently show how Italians feel towards food.
Italian food are still one of the best testimonials of Mediterranean diet foods, being one of the countries from which it originated.
It’s time to go deeper and learn more about this world! Click on one of the links aside and below and have a good time!
Get in touch with this culture by being able to understand your favourite dish names.
Italians have my beliefs and customs concerning food
Italian appetizers, some quick and easy appetizer recipes
Italian cheeses - some ideas about this food temptation
Italian pasta made easy for all: learn more about this tasty and famous dish
Italian recipes that can be prepared by yourself at home
Italian fried food, less known but not less tasty: these Italian traditions will tickle your taste buds
The benefits of olive oil, news and recipes that will delight you
Italian pastry is another Italian traditional food, as it is part of the daily Italian life
Italian coffee is a product that has spread worldwide. Learn the different ways of enjoying it
Italian food culture: uses and customs
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