Good Lifestyle

You know, the Italian cuisine and the lifestyle of the beautiful country are among the most sought after and appreciated in the world. But what they really fall in love with strangers? Of our way of life and our traditions or idea all staff have? Because even if you seem to really appreciate us, especially for the kitchen, when they get in front of recipes and Italian reality, they distort a little 'nose. Therefore? How they see us abroad when we imagine in the kitchen or at the table? The answers are not exactly what you would expect, the stereotypes are still there!

Mangiapane, mangiapasta or mangiapizza?

Some consider it Mangiapane, who mangiapasta, who mangiapizza. It is true that this one of the most common dishes, but do not eat just bread, pasta and pizza every day! But to be honest, we too are generalizations of this kind with our neighbors "mangiapatate" ... but that's another story.

Mom always Kitchen

In the popular imagination, the mothers of Italy are omnipresent and ready to try the best dishes every time the seed (of any age, sex and social status) is hungry. The attentions of the Italian mothers have become legendary worldwide.

All Italians know how to eat and cook well

Another common site is the fact that all Italians (but everyone!) Are of great chefs are able to make a valid judgment on any culinary creation, which is the tradition or the most innovative cuisine. Far from it. How many of your friends really know how to cook a meal as it should or can appreciate a well-made formula in all its nuance?

A table is barks and screams

We noisy. And a little 'is true, a little' is a stereotype. Our long tables brimming with friendliness certainly can not be a place of silence and meditation. This helps to create the image of Italian overly noisy and messy when it is at the table. But it is not always the case!

Each luncheon lasts at least half a day

Lunches and dinners endlessly, as if every day were a Christmas lunch reply. Lunches and dinners endless (abbandonanti and with breaks between courses and the other) seem to be for foreigners the idea of ​​the normal Italian lunch.

The Italian recipes are not the original ones

If you have a friend born and raised abroad and you want to make a litmus test, try to make him taste the chicken that prepares your grandmother or a homemade pasta house with the most simple ingredients you eat usually. Try it with roast beef on Sunday (without adding any commercial sauce). He will tell you that the same dishes are much good when he prepares them to his house or when you buy them at the local supermarket. On the face of it appear that strange expression on who you ask "Are you sure I'm not Italian you?".

The cappuccino is better than wine

Themust any foreigner who meets cappuccino is to accompany every meal. For lunches and dinners where he has absolutely nothing. Not water, not wine. Cappuccino.