Italian Cuisine

James Newton

Smashwords Edition

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Contents
About Italian Cuisine

Recipes
Antipasti
Antipasti Seafood

Salad

Pasta

Pizza

Meat

Desert

About Italian Cuisine
Italy is known for great dishes such as pizza, pasta and luxury ice cream, It is a country with a rich and varied food culture with many regional differences from the north to the south of the country, where food is generally more spicy.

REGIONS OF ITALY
Twenty regions make up Italy, with distinct characteristics and specialties determined by history geography and climate. Generally speaking, the cuisine in Northern Italy is richer in butter, rice and polenta dishes and influenced by France, Switzerland and Germany. In the South the use of olive oil adds to the dish flavours along with tomato sauces and includes more North African-style spices and dried fruits. Pasta can also vary, with more fresh pasta dishes in the North and dried pasta in the South.