Italian culture is deeply rooted in enjoying food and friends at the table. Traditional mealtimes come later and last longer. Head to lunch at about 1 p.m., have dinner around 8 p.m., and abandon that American habit of eating in a hurry!
Piedmontese's tastes are simple, so the cuisine is sincere and tasty.
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Typical dishes of the area
- Agnolotti, stuffed past filled meat
- Finanziera is a mixed dish consisting of a variety of meats, pore mushrooms and green peas cooked in Barbaresco wine laced with cinnamon.
- Fritto misto alla Piemontese are small veal escalopes, lamb chops, liver, batsoà (from the French Bas de soie - pig's trotters already boiled in water and vinegar), brain, chicken, sausages, fruit and sweets. All of these ingredients are fried and the only missing is fish.
- Carne cruda all'albese, a Piedmontese beef filet sliced thin and served with an oil and lemon dressing, sometimes covers with Parmesan cheese.
- A winter dish is bagna caôda. Its base ingredients are garlic, oil, anchovies and various others. It is to be tasted with a convivial rite around small earthenware pots kindled by individual fires for the bagna caôda (hot gravy or sauce) continues to keep up its proper temperature and can be used to dip into it the various crude and fresh vegetables the region has plenty of.
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Traditional italian food fallacies
The “traditions” behind some of our favorite traditional Italian food favorites aren’t what you think. Over the years, Italy’s world-famous cuisine has seamlessly entered into U.S. culinary culture thanks to immigration and globalization. Still, that stuff you eat at your neighborhood joint or local Little Italy is likely more American than Italian so, before arriving in the boot-shaped country, prepare yourself for a slightly different dining experience.
- Caesar Salad: with Parmesan cheese and croutons, this salad gives off an air of authenticity, but you will not find it anywhere in Italy. Instead, in Italy there is a typical side salad features lettuce, tomato, carrots and sometimes beans, radish or olives, dressed only in oil and vinegar.
- Spaghetti and Meatballs: most Italian chefs know how to cook up delicious polpette, meatballs, but they never serve them over spaghetti, which is an American habit. In Italy, people separates their pasta and meat courses.
- Coffee: these beans hold a special place in the hearts of Italians, who consume more than 1 billion pounds of them each year and do so mostly at the bar. Order a caffè, though, and you’ll face a shot of strong, dark brown espresso, the country’s standard in caffeinated beverages. If you prefer an American coffee..BEWARE! It’s very different from STARBUCKS coffee
To feel home
You can find a Mc Donald’s in the central Piazza Castello but you have to try the Italian style hamburger at
- M**Bun Slowfastfood
- Eataly LaGranda in mezzo al pane
where you can eat beef from selected farms of the piedmontese area.
Eataly
The world’s biggest wine and food market, situated in front of the Lingotto shopping mall, is the ideal place to stop for a meal or for shopping discovering the many italian quality products in food and beverage.
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You won’t find places where you can eat at any time as in your country. Only Bar, Take Away Pizza and Fast Food will be open all day long while Restaurants and Pizzeria will normally serve meals from 12 to 2 p.m. and from 7 to 11 p.m. |