A Bit of gastronomic culture

Gastronomy


Important Italian cuisine was the discovery of America, due to the acquisition of new vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and corn, but were not used on a large scale until the eighteenth century. The cuisine of Italy is varied: the country was unified in 1861, and their cuisines reflect the cultural variety of its regions and its diverse history. Italian food is included within the so-called Mediterranean cuisine is imitated and practiced throughout the world. It is quite common to meet the cuisine of Italy's most famous dishes such as pizza, pasta and risotto, but the truth is that there is a kitchen where the rich aromas and flavors of the Mediterranean. It is a cuisine with which you have managed to perpetuate the old recipes like polenta (food of the Roman legion) that today can be eaten in any Italian trattoria.