Italian food gives people a very extreme impression: there are "approachable" pancakes and spaghetti, as well as four or five-course Italian dinners. In fact, this extreme just reflects the Italian character: bold and unrestrained, advocating pleasure, so that their food has the characteristics of variety, rich colors, and at the same time, it is not pretentious.

recipes are the first

The history of Italian food can be traced back to the Roman Empire more than 2, years ago. Unfortunately, everything has gone up in smoke, leaving only a hand-written cooking guide to let us know how much the ancient Romans paid attention to food.

You may disagree that this manuscript is called the first diet book in history. But Bartolomeo Platina's book in 1475 made Italy the first country to publish cooking guides, but it is an indisputable fact. It can be seen that Italians attach importance to diet by recording the food information so seriously.

Unique

Strict attitude alone is not enough to bring a variety of delicious food, but also to cooperate with local fishing and crops. For example, the north is rich in Tuscan beef, high-quality pork, Parma dairy products and the famous black truffle bacteria; In addition to producing soft cheeses such as Ricotta, Mozzarella and Provolone in the south, its Mediterranean climate is also very conducive to the growth of fruits and tomatoes. The topography of the peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides brings rich seafood to Italy.

Creative

Although there are many styles of Italian food, it is pancakes and spaghetti that make it famous internationally.

tomatoes, which were called golden apples at that time (because the early tomatoes were yellow), won glory for our country, thanks to the combination of imaginative materials of southerners: they added Mozzarella cheese to tomatoes and baked them on the bread, which became a pie without a top layer, which is now known as a pancake!

as for spaghetti, its origin is quite controversial. Some people say that Sicily is the birthplace of spaghetti, but there are many people who think that spaghetti originated in China-of course, from the changeable shape and color of spaghetti, as well as the antiques unearthed in Italy, this statement is quite untenable; But one thing is certain: without the sauce invented by Napoli people, such as alle vongole (fresh tomato, garlic and clam meat sauce), the spaghetti will lose a lot of color.

Tired of eating common pancakes, spaghetti and Italian rice, we might as well try some local dishes such as beef rolls with pine nuts, roasted miscellaneous vegetables, crispy pork chops, fresh oyster and garlic soup, and sweet and sour shrimp with Arabic flavor. Finally, don't forget to have an Italian ice cream and tiramisu as dessert.