It doesn't take much to link italy with food, and this post is about eating. Sorry to all of you who hate posts about what others ate for breakfast. I assure you Italian pastries are worth tweeting about.
Shortly after arriving in italy, we stopped at one of our ubiquitous rest stops and got lunch. It was here that I had my first pizza,just tomato sauce and mozzarella. The crust on pizza in italy is the perfect combination of crispy and chewy, and the toppings aren't piled on. Our guide told us the secret of food in italy is simplicity,so maybe that's it. Anyway, my point was you can have awesome pizza even at a rest stop in italy, not that spongy, soggy stuff like you get at BJs in the states.
The next day, waiting within sight of the pantheon for the rain to stop, the perfect dinner came to mind - pizza and gelato. We found a pizzeria on a street off piazza navona, and munched on the plain pizza for dinner. (By now I could actually order in Italian, but that's another story.)
One thing about the pizza, you have to eat it hot. If you wait for it to cool, it is not as good.
The secret to gelati (ice cream, but better) is to order a small. If you order a medium, then the server gets mad and packs tbhe cup full, and you drip rich chocolate ice cream all over yourself. Mom and I had gelati every day in italy, and we hope to find some in pisa tomorrow early. Stores that sell it are everywhere, so that isn't a tall order.
Finally today in Florence, we were able to have a nice sitdown lunch. I got a penne pasta with a spicy sauce and glass of house red. The combination is molto bene, and achieved with much consistency through Italy.
We've done plenty of walking to justify our daily gelato. If I lived here, it would be tough to eat anything else. It'd be tough to refrain from shopping too...
Your favorite Italian food experiences? (I still remember Leslie B's pix of a latte from her trip to Rome)
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