{"id":3304,"date":"2014-05-09T14:03:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T14:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.italygreentravel.com\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2014-08-15T12:02:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T10:02:19","slug":"italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian cuisine for foreigners: 5 fundamentals &#8220;DONTs&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cThere is no love sincerer than the love of food.\u201d <\/strong>George Bernard Shaw wrote once.<\/p>\n<p>Can you think of a better quotation if you wish to describe the <strong>relationship betwen Italians and food<\/strong>?<br \/>\nGlobally well known as the home of <strong>\u201cLa Dolce Vita\u201d<\/strong> because of its cuisine excellence, we <strong>Italians take food very seriously.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe habits of junk food and snack meals are now spreading all over Italy as everywhere else, but we are fond of dinners with good food, good wine and a great company: one of the pleasures of life, no doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Italian restaurants are probably everywhere in this world: I found some in Cambodia and one serving tomato sauce spaghetti even in one of the small islands of the Cabo Verde archipelago a few years ago.<br \/>\nItalian chefs work in restaurants all over the world and <strong>Italian delicatessen shops can be spotted<\/strong> wherever.<br \/>\nAnd yet, there are <strong>many stereotypes foreigners have about our food<\/strong> and the way we eat so I felt compelled to list a few ones and open Italian food lovers eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3304 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-spaghetti-with-meat-balls\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-spaghetti-with-meat-balls-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"plate of spaghetti with meat balls and tomato\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3315\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3315'>\n\t\t\t\tSpaghetti with meat balls via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-spaghetti-and-tomato-courtesy-of-rita-m-viaflickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-Spaghetti-and-tomato-courtesy-of-Rita-M-viaFlickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Some raw durum wheat spagetti an dsom ered cherry tomatoes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3314\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3314'>\n\t\t\t\tSpaghetti and tomato courtesy of Rita M viaFlickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-tagliatelle-al-ragu-courtesy-of-desiree-tonus-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-Tagliatelle-al-rag\u00f9-courtesy-of-D\u00e8sir\u00e8e-Tonus-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plate of tagliatelle with rag\u00f9\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3316\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3316'>\n\t\t\t\tTagliatelle al rag\u00f9 courtesy of D\u00e8sir\u00e8e Tonus via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>1. Spaghetti alla bolognese<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I know you can prove me <strong>it is in all Italian restaurant cartes and menus<\/strong> but&#8230;<strong>have you really ever heard an Italian ordering it?<\/strong> No you have not. Why? For at least 2 main reasons:<br \/>\na.<strong> \u201dalla bolognese\u201d does not mean a thing to us<\/strong>. The tomato sauce with meat is simply called \u201cragu&#8217;\u201d or \u201cragout\u201d.<br \/>\nb. You do not eat \u201cspaghetti\u201d with ragu: y<strong>ou eat \u201ctagliatelle with ragu&#8217;<\/strong>\u201d. The spaghetti pasta is not the appropriate kind of pasta to eat with the tomato meat sauce. Why? I do not know. It is in our DNA: we simply eat tagliatelle with ragu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3304 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/macaroni-and-cheese-on-pizza-courtesy-of-kelly-garbato-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/Macaroni-and-cheese-on-pizza-courtesy-of-Kelly-Garbato-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A slice of pizza topped with macaroni and cheese cream\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3319\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3319'>\n\t\t\t\tMacaroni and cheese on pizza courtesy of  Kelly Garbato via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-pizza-in-wood-over-courtesy-of-matteo-bondioli-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-Pizza-in-wood-over-courtesy-of-Matteo-Bondioli-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A mushroom and olive pizza in the wood oven\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3310\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3310'>\n\t\t\t\tPizza in wood over courtesy of Matteo Bondioli via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-pizza-with-pasta-courtesy-of-emanuela-gresele\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-Pizza-with-pasta-courtesy-of-Emanuela-Gresele-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Box of frozen pizza with pasta topping\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3311\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3311'>\n\t\t\t\tPizza with pasta courtesy of Emanuela Gresele\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>2. Pizza with pasta topping<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Again, I know you can even send me pictures of pizza with pasta toppings on it but&#8230;once again have you ever found something like that in the grocery shop of any Italian city or even village? <strong>Have you ever been invited for a pizza by an Italian native and being served one?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf so, s\/he is not Italian.<br \/>\nHer\/his parents were but when mama taught her to cook she was thinking of <strong>the college quarterback or of the hottest teenmusic band of the month.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-3304 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-too-many-toppings-pizza-courtesy-of-hirotomo-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-Too-many-toppings-pizza-courtesy-of-Hirotomo-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pizza topped with king prawn, salads, tomatoes, carrots and others\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3317\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3317'>\n\t\t\t\t Too many toppings pizza courtesy of Hirotomo via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-1-meter-long-italian-pizza-courtesy-of-simon-law-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-1-meter-long-Italian-Pizza-courtesy-of-Simon-law-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"1 meter long Italian Pizza courtesy of Simon Law via Flickr\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3309\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3309'>\n\t\t\t\t 1 meter long Italian Pizza courtesy of Simon Law via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-quattro-stagioni-italin-pizza-courtesy-of-susann-davidson-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-Quattro-Stagioni-Italin-Pizza-courtesy-of-Susann-Davidson-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Italian Quattro Stagioni \u00e8izza: it is topped with artichokes, black olives, ham and mushrooms\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-3312\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-3312'>\n\t\t\t\tQuattro Stagioni Italian Pizza courtesy of Susann Davidson via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>3. Pizza with different toppings on it<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ok, I have to admit some party of friends order the <strong>\u201c1 meter pizza<\/strong>\u201d and ask for 3 \/ 4 different toppings on it: ham and mushrooms, <strong>\u201cquattrostagioni\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>tomato and buffalo mozzarella cheese<\/strong> and even seafood. But this is just for 1 meter of pizza to be served to a party of at least 4 people: 25 cm of tomato and buffalo mozzarella, 25 cm of ham and mushrooms and so on. Can you see the point? <strong>Each topping has its own specific place on the pizza<\/strong> and you can say what is what.<br \/>\nWe do not order a regular pizza with 6\/7 different toppings:<strong> we like to eat and savor<\/strong>.<br \/>\nWhen someone eats heaps of food you cannot distinguish what is what, we call it \u201ceating disorder\u201d and it is not healthy.<br \/>\n<strong>We Italians love to eat and we treat it as one of the best life pleasure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-3304 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-waxcandle-on-red-and-white-checked-tablecoth\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-waxcandle-on-red-and-white-checked-tablecoth-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Wax candle with a burning flame at the top of an empty bottle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3308\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3308'>\n\t\t\t\tWaxcandle on red and white checked tablecoth via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/lilly-and-the-tramp-courtesy-of-tulip-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/Lilly-and-the-tramp-courtesy-of-Tulip-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Picture of the famous frame of lily and the tramp eating spaghetti in &quot;Lily and the tramp&quot; Walt Disney cartoon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3318\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3318'>\n\t\t\t\tLilly and the tramp courtesy of Tulip via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/aa-red-and-white-checked-tablecloth-courtesy-of-maha-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/AA-Red-and-white-checked-tablecloth-courtesy-of-Maha-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A little table dresesd with a re and white checked tablecloth on a patio\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3313\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3313'>\n\t\t\t\tRed and white checked tablecloth courtesy of Maha via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>4. Red and white checked tablecloth<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I know<strong> I am going to break your heart and demolish all your romantic idea of what the original Italian restaurant<\/strong> should look like; it is hard but I have to do it: <strong>Walt Disney \u201cLily and the tramp\u201d lied to you al<\/strong>l this time.<br \/>\n<strong>We do not have just red and white checked table cloth.<\/strong><br \/>\nTo be honest, most Italian restaurants are likely to have one color, usually white or creamlike color tablecloth. It is easier that way for laundry reasons and it goes with any kind of dish and glass design the restaurant selects.<br \/>\nDo not panic: you may still be able to find some restaurant whose tables are dressed with a red and white tablecloth and they even have an old empty bottle holding a wax candle in it. Just be sure most Italians will love it and exclaim \u201cHow pictoresque!\u201d and \u201cHow romantic!\u201d exactly as you do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-3304 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/nadia-santini-the-awarded-italain-female-chef-just-wawrded-as-one-of-the-10-best-chefs-in-the-world-courtesy-of-lele-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/Nadia-Santini-the-awarded-Italain-female-chef-just-wawrded-as-one-of-the-10-best-chefs-in-the-world-courtesy-of-lele-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Nadia Santini smiling, the Italian female chef just awarded as one of the 10 best chefs in the world couirtesy of Lele via Flickr\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-3325\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-3325'>\n\t\t\t\tNadia Santini, the awarded Italian female chef just wawrded as one of the 10 best chefs in the world courtesy of lele via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/the-typical-kitchen-brigade-of-a-restaurant-it-is-still-a-mens-world\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/The-typical-kitchen-brigade-of-a-restaurant-it-is-still-a-mens-world-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a b\\w picture of a kitchen brigade with just a couple of ladies\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-3324\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-3324'>\n\t\t\t\tThe typical kitchen brigade of a restaurant it is still a men&#8217;s world courtesy of Ray Tajeda via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/the-origin-liberty-villages-brigade-in-toronto-courtesy-of-renee-suen-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/The-Origin-Liberty-Villages-brigade-in-Toronto-courtesy-of-Ren\u00e9e-Suen-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A picture of the three ladies leading te kitchen brigade at the Origin Liberty Village in Toronto Canada\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-3323\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-3323'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Origin Liberty Village&#8217;s brigade in Toronto courtesy of Ren\u00e9e Suen via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>5. Old fat mama in the steamy kitchen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I know you still think best Italian chefs are \u201cmama\u201d and you are almost right on this point. Yet best chefs all over the world are men: Alain Ducasse, <strong>Ferran Andria<\/strong>, Gualtiero Marchesi, <strong>Gordon Ramsey<\/strong>, etc.<br \/>\nAnd we are not different: why should we?<br \/>\n<strong>Most Italian restaurants have men chefs.<\/strong><br \/>\nWe do have great women working as chefs and some have been recently awarded (Nadia Santini is one of them) but though most Italian women master the cuisine affairs pretty well (I must admit I am the exception in the Italian panorama) <strong>the kitchen of a restaurant is still \u201ca man\u2019s world\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Have I confused you? Is your world going upside-down?<br \/>\nYou will never be able to enter an Italian restaurant and <strong>order the \u201cspaghetti alla bolognese\u201d anymore<\/strong>?<br \/>\nWell, I am sure you can survive and please note you can still:<br \/>\n1. Drink a<strong> cappuccino<\/strong> with your main meal<br \/>\n2. Use rice and pasta as a side dish<br \/>\n3. Buy <strong>canned pasta<\/strong><br \/>\n4. Add oil in boiling water for your pasta<br \/>\nAnd perform other tons of other misbehaviours <strong>we Italians would frown at<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-3304 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/canned-pasta-courtesy-of-diane-schnuut-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/Canned-pasta-courtesy-of-Diane-Schnuut-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Some cans of psta on a grocery store shelf\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-3326\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-3326'>\n\t\t\t\tCanned pasta courtesy of Diane Schnuut via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/capuccino-courtesy-of-paula-bailey-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/Capuccino-courtesy-of-Paula-Bailey-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Capuccino courtesy of Paula Bailey via Flickr\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-3327\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-3327'>\n\t\t\t\tCapuccino courtesy of Paula Bailey via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/italian-cuisine-foreigners-5-fundamentals-donts\/pasta-as-a-side-dish-courtey-of-sebastian-mary-via-flickr\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/05\/Pasta-as-a-side-dish-courtey-of-Sebastian-Mary-via-Flickr-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-3328\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-3328'>\n\t\t\t\tPasta as a side dish courtey of Sebastian Mary via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere is no love sincerer than the love of food.\u201d George Bernard Shaw wrote once. 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