Italian Food
Tired of so many Italian food recipes that take you days to learn how to prepare them? Here I will show you how to overcome this with extremely easy, healthy and tasty recipes to cook having fun and pleasure. This site wants to give you the best info about this loving cuisine and culture.
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But this site is not only about recipes...I share here all I learned (and keep learning here in Italy) about this enchanted cuisine. Why Italian food products are often the best ones? What's the difference between Speck and Parma raw ham? Did you know that Parma raw ham is just one of the quality brands for raw ham in Italy? There are sooo many others. What do Italians drink? Which are the best cured meats Italians use to serve as appetizers or antipasto? What about different pasta types? Which are the most known Italian types of cheese? |
Do you have an idea of how important for your health is to choose the extra virgin olive oil to dress your meals instead of another common oil?
Here you find the most common Italian culinary terms; and feel free to write me asking for another one you don't find on the site.
You will find information regarding the healthy Mediterranean Diet that originated in South Italy and Greece. Easy and poor diet that now is a Human Heritage recognized by Unesco.
And...espresso...Italian coffee is known (and served) all over the world. So as Italian pastries and more and more.
So let's get in touch with all these delicacies: pizza, spaghetti, tortellini... are they all alike? Not at all! As you get in touch with this cuisine, you begin to notice how different their traditions are, depending on where they come from.
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Regarding Italian Food Culture...
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I knew pretty nothing about Italian food culture. It's really part of Italians' life. It's unique and was developed so well that it became a typical product of Italy.
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I began to learn how to cook Italian with no cooking lessons, but just looking, asking and trying. If I could do that, you can do it too! So for Italian drinks, especially wine. 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! |
I learned to drink wine in Italy, where local wine costs less than water in most restaurants! A bottle of mineral water in a restaurant in Italy can cost me € 5, and a quarter liter of red wine € 3. Italian drinks not only wine, of course! Tasty and typical beverages are often drunk as aperitifs (another local habit) or after a meal, like grappa or limoncello liquors. |
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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 found out more about pasta types so that I could open a small spaghetti house in Rio when I lived there for a while - even if I had never had a cooking lesson!
Find out why Italian appetizers are great, choosing amongst Italian types of cheese and cold cuts. Add some fresh bread with a thread of olive oil and you will never forget it!
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. Aside you can see a very known dish here in Italy: risotto alla pescatora. This cuisine has many kid friendly recipes such as fried food based on fresh ingredients. Other than the most known first courses, Italian cuisine has a lot of simple vegetarian recipes that counts on the freshness of the ingredients. |
And last but not least, Italian dessert recipes are a great chapel of any cookbook. Begin with Zabaglione recipe (I really love this dessert that has not so many calories and can even fit a diet) - it is easy and will help you feel confident you can cook Italian with ease.
Foods in Italy are of major importance, as you can begin since the morning, with the smell of fresh Italian pastries on the bar just close to home or office.
So, the question comes naturally: how to make espresso? Italian coffee is known 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.
This cuisine is still one of the best testimonials of Mediterranean diet foods, being one of the countries from which it originated. Recently it was accepted as Human Heritage by Unesco. Why not try to incorporate Mediterranean Diet to your daily eating habits?
Do you continue to postpone to follow a healthy food diet? With our tips, it will much easier than you may think.
Italy is famous also for design and good quality in many areas. It couldn't miss the kitchen, where it is a real pleasure to be sorrounded by the best cookware that make your cooking time even more pleasant! It is a fantastic hobby. Lately cooking is for me a way to relax in my spare time.
It’s time to go deeper and learn more about Italian food! Come on, click on one of the links aside or above and have a good time!
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