Archive for the ‘Made in Italy’ Category

In this post I want to give some advice for people looking to rent apartments in Rome (Italy).
Italy is well know for pasta and pizza. We have many different kind of pasta. Since my family is in part from Tuscany and in part from Emilia Romagna, my cooking style is greatly influenced by my heritage. I don’t like steaks in general, and for this reason I do my best with other stuff such as: pasta, pizza, chicken and fish (with or without shells).
Have you ever eaten in an Italian restaurant in the US? 99% of the time you ate everything but Italian. What about Italian Food Books? The situation is not much better.
Renting an apartment in Rome is a matter of choice. Usually travelers rent apartments only because they want to save money.
This is not really a recipe, but a suggestion about pizza. In the US pizza is made using the so called “Marinara Sauce”.
Try to avoid a rental car in Italy! Our driving style is very different than here in the US. Our roads are narrower, and we have a lot of traffic, even on highways.
I bet you found at your grocery store this pizza brand: “Di Giorno”. Although this is an American brand, they decided to use an Italian name for marketing sake. Italian names sell very well, even if they represent a product never heard of it in Italy. Of course both TV commercial and people mispronounce it, so I uploaded 2 very small audio files. If you click on “more…” you may listen to these 2 audio files.
A little teaching here. The plural of Euro is Euro. Strange huh? There is a good reason for this.
Americans (and Italians) love Cappuccino, and they are right! It’s tasty, funny and healthy (at least in my opinion).
Here we are! Many Americans know Bruschetta very well and love it; unfortunately the pronunciation is completely wrong (I heard the correct pronunciation only once on the TV show “Everybody Loves Raymond”).