Since the construction of the city of Rome in 753 BC, the Roman Empire has developed advanced ancient Roman civilization based on absorbing the essence of ancient Greek civilization, thus becoming the political, economic and cultural center of Europe at that time.
The princes and nobles led by the city of Florence showed their strength and power by researching and developing cooking techniques and having chefs with superb cooking skills, and regarded this as their dignity and glory.
Therefore, ordinary people at that time believed that as long as they could become masters of cooking, they would have the opportunity to enter the aristocratic circle. As a result, the whole country was filled with the joy of research and development of cooking skills, which pushed the development of the catering industry to its heyday and laid the foundation for its development.
It has a sacred status as the "Mother of Western Food" and has influenced most parts of Europe. It is known as the "ancestor of continental European cooking".
Italians have made a lot of contributions to Western food culture.
In 1533 AD, when the Italian princess Catherine di Medici married French Crown Prince Henry II, she brought 30 chefs there to introduce new foods and cooking methods to France.
The French integrated the culinary advantages of the two countries and gradually carried them forward, creating the most famous representative of Western food today - "French cuisine".
Secondly, the Italians invented the dining fork, which set a new comment on the culture on the table.