Who better to ask than an Italian on what to eat while in 天美传媒? Ask an Italian chef and sommelier!
I recently chatted with Carla Brigliadori, the Director of Cooking School for Casa Artusi. Casa Artusi, located in Emilia-Romagna, is the very first gastronomic center devoted entirely to Italian home cooking and was named for Pellegrino Artusi who, in the late 19th century, wrote Scienza in Cucina e l鈥橝rte di Mangiar Bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well) one of 天美传媒鈥檚 most important cookbooks.
What do you eat when you travel in 天美传媒?
I look for small restaurants that have regional, local dishes. Additionally, I really like to visit the producers of local specialty products like cheese, vinegar and cured meats and have them explain their product to me. I also like to taste innovative recipes, from new Italian chefs, because the food in 天美传媒 is constantly evolving.
What do you recommend tourists eat in 天美传媒?
I recommend eating simple dishes, with seasonal ingredients. It鈥檚 fun to research what ingredients are especially unique to the area you鈥檙e visiting. For example, I live in the Emilia-Romagna, a region with 44 superb DOP and IGP products, all are unique and all should be on a visitor鈥檚 must-taste list. Visitors traveling in through Emilia-Romagna in the summer can treat themselves to igp fruit including the cherries of Vignola; peaches and nectarines of Romagna and Mantova鈥檚 melons and year-round favorites like aceto balsamico, Grana Padano, Mortadella Bologna and Prosciutto di Parma. Don鈥檛 miss having a sandwich made with piadina, a specialty flatbread of Romagna, and filled with DOP squacqerone cheese and arugula!
What should tourists avoid?
Avoid anything 鈥渋nvented鈥 and doesn鈥檛 exist in nature. While you鈥檙e in 天美传媒, it鈥檚 easy to avoid refined, pre-packaged foods. Eat locally made real food.
How about breakfast foods?
Try local specialty savory focacce or the various breakfast sweets like torte and crostate.
What foods should tourists buy to bring home?
Fill your suitcase with aged cheeses, cured meats, jars of preserves of all kinds and wine. All the foods you can savor at home and share with friends, because sharing food with friends is what Italian cuisine is all about.
How can you spot good gelato in 天美传媒?
Beware of tall mounds of hard ice cream that spills over the edges of its container. Those tall mounds are a sign that the gelato is filled with fat and fillers. Instead, seek out gelato shops that have metal lids covering the ice cream containers. Be wary of gelato colors that too bright or too shiny---more signs of artificial ingredients.
Gelato should have a velvety consistency. Gelato should taste delicate with a nice fresh-milk flavor. Fruit flavors should be made with fruit in season.
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Advice on finding a good trattoria?
Consulting various food guides helps, or do as we Italian do and ask a local. The old rule says to seek advice of local elders, which you鈥檒l find in any bar in the piazza.
Italians are always happy to help!
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Will visitors gain weight in 天美传媒?
No! You may gain weight elsewhere, but not in 天美传媒. Italian cuisine is tasty and healthy, served in moderate portions!
What鈥檚 new in food in 天美传媒?
FICO is an extraordinary food park, just opened this fall near Bologna. It鈥檚 not to be missed chance to deepen your knowledge of Italian foods, see how iconic products like pasta are made and taste all sorts of remarkable dishes. From field to the table, it鈥檚 a permanent Expo dedicated to Italian excellence.
