Remember this name, spaghettoteca, in case you are in Italy, you are hungry and you want to get a load of carbs. In a spaghettoteca there’s not only spaghetti, but all sort of pasta. Lots of shapes, lots of sauces, lots of flavors.
Pasta-Fest (video)
Like every Italian, I love pasta.
Every time I go back to my home town, I make a point to visit a large grocery store to enjoy the unmatched variety of food on display. In this video I capture the experience of walking down the pasta aisle.
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Italian food misconceptions
This is a brief chapter that will clarify some typical mistakes and misinterpretations of Italian cuisine all around the world.
– We’re skipping the famous Pasta Alfredo as we covered it previously.
– The Italian soda is definitely something that has been made up in the States.
– The American “Italian dressing” is another myth to bust. The original Italian dressing is simply extra-virgin olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. You’ll find all of these ingredients on the tables of every Italian restaurant, so that anybody can make his/her own dressing.
– In Italy peperoni (yes, with one ‘p’) means peppers, while salame piccante means pepperoni.
– Italians do not use lots of garlic (especially garlic powder on the pizza) as is commonly thought in the USA. Italians do use garlic alright, but in reasonable proportions.
– Last but not least: you won’t find macaroni and cheese anywhere in Italy. What you’ll find is maccheroni which is one of the hundreds of types of (short) pasta.
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