Italian Food culture

What you should avoid while with Italians...

Italian food culture do not regards only recipes. It goes much ahead.

Italians have a lot of "do's" and "don'ts". They just come from ancient uses and most of the times with no reasons but, ...it's better do not:

- Cross hands while greeting. If you are with 3 or more people and you greet yourselves shaking hands, do it one at a time. NEVER shake one's hand while another one is doing the same "through" your hands.

- Pour water in someone else's glass using the "opposite" way. Let me explain: if you take the jug with your left hand, the glass MUST be in your right; so as if you have the jug in your right hand, the glass has to be in your left. Got it?

- Be invited to an aperitif and begin to drink as your drink arrives, before waiting for the others. Usually everybody has to have the glass and after a "cin cin" (=Cheers)with the others you can drink!

There's something else regarding wine that I believe do not regard only Italian food culture. When pouring wine into a wine glass, NEVER fill it other than its half! Wine should remain under its half capacity, not more than what you see in this photo. Of course you will be free to add more as you drink the first, but ALWAYS with small quantities inside the glass.