Italian food provides a unique culinary experience in its home country due to the quality of fresh ingredients and traditional cooking techniques. Many Italian immigrant families lacked the means to preserve authentic recipes, leading to a deviation in Italian cuisine in America, often resulting in bland or overly modified dishes. Experts emphasize that by avoiding common mistakes in preparation and consumption, one can significantly enhance their home-cooked Italian meals, even if they may not mirror the authentic tastes found in Italy's myriad trattorias.
Ever wonder why Italian food tastes so much better in Italy? It’s a combination of factors, aided in no small part by the delight of consuming Italian specialties at their source.
Recipes were rarely written down because so few Italian immigrants could read or write. So many of the 'secrets' of a nonna or auntie's cooking were lost over time.
That lost knowledge, plus an absence of the grown-close-to-home ingredients once available in Italy is what brought us to unlimited breadsticks and heaping piles of chicken alfredo at Olive Garden.
According to the Italian home cooks and cooking experts we spoke with, if you avoid these mistakes in how you cook and consume Italian cuisine, your food will taste a lot better.
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