Comments on: The History of Italian Cuisine I

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:37:46 +0000

Actually Etruscans already had pasta so…

By: Harmen

Harmen — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:05:38 +0000

Were there any medieval monks famous for cooking or cook books?

By: Agnese

Agnese — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:13:02 +0000

L’Italia e stata e sara’ sempre alla vanguardia della cultura. Viva L’Italia!

By: Angela Ross

Angela Ross — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:39:49 +0000

In response to Ventura who said (on Oct 2, 2019):
“Italy is only 100 years old. How are you tracing Italian food back centuries.”
The Italian NATION came into political existence approximately 150 years ago, after the wars of unification. BUT the italian culture is ancient, as are the foods, recipes and agriculture which produces the foods. I took three different university courses on italian food (NOT cooking, but history and culture). They had sophisticated cookbooks even in the 1400s and some still producing olive trees are 1,000 yrs old. So, Ventura, you can’t say that the political NATION determines how old a culture is, and that includes its foods.

By: K. Killeen

K. Killeen — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:15:36 +0000

The Roman legions grew wheat for their pasta……….long before Marco Polo. Catherine de Medici brought her chefs to France AND THAT IS WHEN THEY DISCOVERED HOW TO COOK! In Bath you can see the BATHS…….the Romans were CLEAN………and you can see the latrines they constructed of marble with a unique FLUSH of wast in Provence. FRANCE IS 100 YEARS OLD! HA HA.

By: Katty

Katty — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 09:08:57 +0000

In reply to Rob Vasilyev.

Hello Rob, the tomato came later, with the discovery of America, as you mention. It’s on the second part of this article: /history-of-food/the-history-of-italian-cuisine-ii

By: Rob Vasilyev

Rob Vasilyev — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 21:24:37 +0000

All that and not one mention of the tomato which is central in many dishes. They came from Mesoamerica after the Conquest. The word itself is Nahuatl, “tomatl”. What would Italian food be without the tomato?

By: Raoul Lloydino

Raoul Lloydino — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 03:32:14 +0000

Viva la Italiano!

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 23:31:43 +0000

Not true my friend the French have always been behind in Italian culture. Several years back the NYT had an article based on the power Italians have on fashion, food and the people themselves no comparison. The article gave credit to the French for their perfumy claiming they need it for their body oder. Italians have it all locked down oh did I mention looks also!!

By: Ventura

Ventura — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:22:36 +0000

Italy is only 100 years old. How are you tracing Italian food back centuries.

By: Miguel Doti

Miguel Doti — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:41:15 +0000

Thank God I was born in an italian family,the best food in the world.

By: Frenchy MC French face

Frenchy MC French face — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:20:24 +0000

The French taught the italiansvhow to make great food

By: Luca

Luca — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 05:57:19 +0000

Francesca,

Molto interessante. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to reading the other parts.

Grazie mille!