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Facts about Italy: January 2009

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Monday, January 5, 2009

Facts About Italy Recipes in Italy

Facts About Italy Recipes in Italy

Italian cuisine and food traditions are rich and varied with excellent ingredients and cooking styles. Although Italian food is primarily associated with its pastas, spaghettis, pizzas and cheese but there are vast differences in the Italian recipes and style of preparations. Many non-Italians frequently express opinions that Italian recipes are alike. Notwithstanding the common myths, food lovers and experts can easily notice the differences in eating habits and Italian recipes between cities and geographies that are even few miles apart.





Each region, community and valley has their own distinctive style of cooking and recipes. It is not surprising why there are tons of varieties of sausages, sauces, pastas, cheese and spaghettis. As a matter of facts, if you ask a couple of people about the recipes of pasta dishes, all the answers would surely be different. You can easily deduce that the recipes and cooking styles are poles apart. Variations in the omnipresent pastas are the classic examples of multiplicity of Italian recipes and food. For instance, you will find soft egg noodles in the northern Italy, whereas in southern Italy you will have hard-boiled spa in various shapes and sizes.





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Italian Recipes What is So Special About Italian Cuisine

Italian Recipes What is So Special About Italian Cuisine

It is a well-known fact that Italian cuisine knows no boundaries and geographies. Italian food is probably one of the most widespread and most popular all over the world. Italian food traditions date back to 4th Century BC. Olive, Mozzarella, Cheese, Wine, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Bell Pepper and Maize are the central ingredients in Italian dishes. Flavors of Italian Pizzas, Pasta, Pastry, Espresso Coffee and tons of varieties of seafood and meat dishes have spread across every nook and corner throughout world. Italy is famous for its multitudes of variations in cheese, wine and coffee.





Invasion of Italy in the recent historical era is well known. Italian cuisine has great influence of multi-cultural traditions brought along by the immigrants. Besides, there are large variations in the regional cuisine of Italy. Tuscan, Roman, Sardinia and Sicilian are the major Italian regional cuisines that have major differences in the ingredients and style of preparation. Basic dishes of Italian cuisine are soup, bread, rice dishes, pasta, meat and cured meat dishes, Lombardy dishes and a diverse variety of Italian desserts.





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