After all, there’s a reason Italian food isthe most popular cuisine in the world.
From handmade pasta to fluffy focaccia, there’s a lot to love atItalian restaurants.
Unfortunately, there’s also a lot to avoid.
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Italian cuisine is one edible genre that tends to get pretty over the top when it’s Americanized.
That’s the ethos for chefs and experts who take their Italian food seriously.
Americanized Italian food can be alluring, but there are still certain dishes that are big no-noslike fried cheese.
Similarly, the excessive use ofgarlicis much more of an American thing than an Italian thing.
ChefBarbara Pollastrinihas some choice words for the allium.
“All I was smelling was tons of garlic.”
In Italy, she says, they don’t use much garlic.
“So when you go to a supposedly Italian restaurant and smell it, just run away.
This is the first sign that you are eating fake Italian food.”
Instead, keep it simple and pure.
The simple dishes, the uncomplicated dishes."
