by Alessandra Verzera

Italians do it better. This provocative statement was printed on one of pop star Madonna's T-shirts in the 80s. It was a continuous "wink wink nudge nudge" referred to what Italians do better. And despite the allusion was sexual, many Americans thought of meatloaf, instead; a homemade dish popular in Italy and widely diffused in the States.

But the history of Italian cuisine abroad should still in great part be rewritten in order to shatter culinary beliefs regrettably exported by immigrated improvised catering pioneers that still depict Italians eating spaghetti with meatballs and, sacrilege, pizzas with corn and pineapple slices, or carbonara pasta full of whipping cream. This is not Italian. This is not healthy.

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Source: http://www.sceltedigusto.it/