| When people think of popular Italian food
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| | quickly gaining popularity as an Italian
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| they most likely think of spaghetti,
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| | food dish is pasta and beans. Beans are
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| lasagna, or tortellini. However, the
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| | used in many dishes here due to their
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| popular Italian food in Italy is actually
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| | ready availability. This is also an area
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| a little different and much more diverse.
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| | of Italy where anchovies and stockfish
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| When discussing popular Italian food it
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| | are used extensively in Italian food.
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| is essential to talk about the most
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| | However, fish is not the dish of choice
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| popular breads and pastries. Breads serve
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| | here, being beaten out by meats and
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| an important role in Italian food. They
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| | sausages. A favorite meat is sopressata
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| can be used as appetizers, sides to a
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| | which is a dry-cured salami. It gets its
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| meal, and desserts. The most popular
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| | name from the fact that while drying it
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| breads are flavored with herbs, cheeses,
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| | is often pressed with a weight and comes
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| and sun-dried tomatoes. An excellent
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| | out looking flat. It is most often made
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| dessert bread in Italian food is the
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| | with pork, but sometimes beef is used.
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| biscotti which means "twice baked". This
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| | Another favorite Italian food meat is
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| popular dessert is more like a biscuit or
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| | garlic salami. The Italian food here is
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| cookie and is often flavored with almonds
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| | also reliant on some of the prized
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| and spices. Fruit can be added to the
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| | vegetables of the area. Veneto is
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| biscotti and a popular choice is
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| | especially known for their high quality
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| cherries. Biscotti are very versatile in
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| | red radicchio and their asparagus. One
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| Italian food, being served for breakfast
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| | last dish that is unique to the area is a
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| with coffee or as an after dinner treat.
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| | rice dish with young peas.
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| The regional Italian food
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| | The Italian food diet
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| As you move further south in Italy you
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| | With Italian food diet, a great example
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| will find that the cuisine changes. In
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| | of the fact that Italian food will not
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| the south there is more fish used. Often
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| | make you fat is in Sophia Loren. She told
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| this brand of Italian food is called
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| | the world in her book that she grew up on
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| Mediterranean food. The dishes here are
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| | spaghetti and ate it constantly. She says
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| much lighter and are healthier in
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| | that it is not the pasta that makes you
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| general. The people in the southern half
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| | fat; it's what you put on top of it.
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| of Italy are amongst the healthiest in
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| | People who gain weight eating Italian
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| the world and it is due in great part to
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| | food typically do so not because of the
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| the types of Italian food that they eat.
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| | pasta, but because of creamy sauces like
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| One of the reasons this Italian food is
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| | Alfredo sauce and because they eat in too
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| so healthy is because they use olive oil
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| | large portions. Italian food from the
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| to cook most of their food in.
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| | Mediterranean doesn't rely on rich, thick
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| On the Risotto and the Veneto region
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| | sauces and uses olive oil instead of
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| Italian food
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| | butter, making it very healthy.
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| The Veneto region is also home to some
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| | Italian food is full of a variety of
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| unique foods. The dishes here are heavier
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| | pastas and recipes that can keep you
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| and rely on exotic spices and sauces. One
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| | satisfied and healthy as long as you stay
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| unique dish that originated here and is
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| | away from the heavy sauces and creams.
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