10 facts about Italian cuisine

1. Italian cuisine is the most popular in the world. According to CNN, about 1/3 of tourists in the world (32%) consider this the best. But it should be noted that the leader is not easy to give Italy. He always has fun with French cuisine.
2. Gastronomy differs in different areas of Italy. Sicily's kitchen is the synthesis of Italian, Greece, Spanish and Arabic. In Tuscany, the emphasis is on a calf, lamb, beef. Calabria is unique in gypsum, tunte, sheep, with goat meat. Lombardy is known for risotto, fish and wine.
3. Food and wine are always with each other in Italy. At the same time, Italians drink wine only when you get food.
4. The Italians have another custom related to the drink. They enjoy several cups of coffee during the day. After dinner in the north, Turkish coffee coffee drinks coffee in the south, drinks sugar and Italians drink either during lunch or during breakfast.
5. Italian national products are not harmful to the body and even very useful. Their uniqueness consists in the use of Mediterranean products and various greens. It should be noted that flour products are made here with large ground flour, which does not harm the structure.
6. The Italians did not create a paste. The mind belongs to the Chinese. And the training method was invented by Italians (the cook of the past).
7. The ideas of preparation and advantages in Italy belong not only to the cooks. For example, Zafra, so popular in Italy, first increased the restorer who used it as a component of paint. And all his favorite ice cream brought to Venice a traveler Marco Polo from China to Italy in the 14th century.
8. By the way, about ice cream. In Italy, he likes to eat, a network of sea salt and fill olives.
9. You can find real Italian cuisine not in expensive restaurants, but in restaurants in small areas where Italians visit.
10. Risotto is not a side dish with fish and meat. This is considered a constant dish in Italy. And spaghetti never adds tomato paste or ketchup. It is a crime.