Never and nowhere you will find a man who does not like Italian cuisine! Indeed, any form of disagreement stops when pizza, pasta, risotto, bruschetta and pannacotta are brought over to the table. What kind of epidemic took the world, pushing people to worship Italian specialities? A possible answer is not only the combination of ingredients, but also the idea that eating with a lot of passion is part of the overall Italian culture.

And the word ‘world’ (sorry for the wordplay) is exactly the key. Italian recipes were always affected by several cultures who passed through the territory of the Roman Empire, some as subjugated peoples – some as conquerors. Culinary influences were mixed like anywhere else, and later, fresh spices and unusual products from the new continents arrived in the ports of the peninsula.