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Italian Food
The history of Italian food is an appealing, yet complex topic. Italian food is greatly loved all over the world.
In the past, Italian food claimed to be the first to have a printed cookbook in 1475, which was made by Bartolomeo Platina. It's amusing to note that in Europe, the first ones to use the fork are the Italians.
Italian food is simply easy, and absolutely stiking in flavor. But, the truth that encompasses it all is that excellent Italian food springs forth from the love of mothers to the hearts of their children. When it comes to Italian Cooking, North Italian food used to focused more on meat like Tuscan pork. Parma, on the other hand is known for its cheese and the all-time favorite Pizza. Italian cooking imbued a very classic truth that food is best served when it's cooked fresh. Way back to many centuries, Pizza was sold on the streets of Naples by street vendors to people who had no cooking tools and equipments in their homes.
Considering that Italy has 20 regions in it, Italy and other regional cooking depends on several factors. The Italian recipes of Northern and Southern regions are distinct from each other. And, the use of different ingredients and methods of cooking vary too. Those in the south utilized olive oil, while in Northern areas used butter instead. Despite of the diversity in Italian food, it is yielding to innovations. It is base on themes and variations. Tomatoes were not a familiar ingredient before the 1800's. Although, later on, Italians are exemplary in using tomatoes in cooking. And this skill paved the way for Italian Pasta. The Italians are experts in coming up of ways to prepare this all-around food. They can cook pasta "al dente" with a tasty sauce and some sprinkles of parmesan cheese. Having the proper scale and mixture of ingredients are esssential in providing good food. The basic ingredients that Italian kitchen would always have are the basil, garlic, and olive oil. Yet, the ultimate ingredient to any Italian recipe is ingeniousness. In fact, every authentic Italian meal tells a personal story of the past, cultural and agricultural aspects, religion, economic concerns. Most of all, it speaks of human food preferences. As traditions are handed down to posterity, along with these traditions are dishes directly attached to them.
As Italians immigrated, their Italian recipes were introduced to every place they went to. Making Italian food a favorite to every race.
