20 Reasons We Love Italy
(c) Tanya_F1/9A drink at a bar is never just a drink—it's a meal. Order a Negroni, and suddenly salumi, cheese, and deep-fried morsels appear—gratis.
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The post-dinner stroll. Dashing Italian men with melon-colored cashmere V-necks wrapped around their shoulders, stunning women sporting stiletto heels on cobblestones...It's almost better than dinner itself.
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Then again, a bistecca alla Fiorentina is the ultimate steak.
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In Italy,
anchovies are not the Rodney Dangerfield of fish.
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Going inside is not a prerequisite for seeing
amazing works of art.
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...Not only that, but
regionalism is alive and well. Don't even think about asking for tortellini in brodo south of the Po valley or 'nduja outside of Calabria. You ain't gonna find 'em.
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That's just how it is—not some highfalutin movement that your know-it-all food-obsessed friends like
to pontificate about.
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And while we're at it: porcini season,
artichoke season, fava bean season, truffle season...Makes planning when you go almost as important as where.
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Cardoons, puntarelle, Treviso radicchio, and all that other
only-in-Italy produce you'll never find at your local megamart.
