Do you really know what the typical foods of Italy are? Sure, you say – pasta, pizza and ice cream. But the big surprise for the first-time visitor to Italy is finding how diverse the regional Italian cuisine is.
In the regions of Val d’Aosta, Piedmont, Veneto et al the risotto is a typical dish. In Trentino-Alto Adige, they eat sauerkraut and dumplings. Across in Friuli-Venezia Giulia they eat polenta.
Central Italy has a superb cuisine, they eat stuffed trotters and eels. In the south of Puglia, Basilicata and Calabria there are cuisines with influences from Greece, Albania and North Africa. Enjoy the ‘typical foods of Italy’ but keep an open mind … and palate.
