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21 unusual facts about Italian cuisine


Aldo Zilli

Aldo Zilli (born 26 January 1956) is an Italian-born celebrity chef who specialises in Italian cuisine.

Antonia Isola

She had lived in Rome for some years, and was well-versed in Italian food, but the publishers chose the pseudonym to impart "authenticity" to the work.

Belthorn

The village has two pubs: the Dog Inn and the Pack Horse; the Pack Horse is an Italian restaurant and the Dog Inn serves pub food.

Beppe di Marco

Beppe's family come to Walford to open an Italian restaurant, while he has built himself a successful career in the police force, progressing through the ranks to the Vice squad.

Calamintha nepeta

Lesser Calamint (Calamintha nepeta) is a member of the Mint family, and is used in Italian cuisine where it is called mentuccia, nipitella or nepitella.

Cammeray, New South Wales

Miller Street, the main thoroughfare of Cammeray, is lined with restaurants influenced by Chinese, Thai and Italian cuisine, as well as several cafes, the local post office, a petrol station and many other small businesses like dentists and jewellers.

Chianti

The acidity in the wines make them very flexible with food and wine pairings, particularly with Italian cuisines that feature red sauce, as well with as beef, lamb and game.

Cross Hills

Other eating places include Tams Cantonese restaurant and the Bella Napoli Italian restaurant, both on Main Street, and the Zolsha Indian restaurant which is at the eastern limit of the village on the junction of Keighley Road and Skipton Road.

Der Stein des Todes

Among other things he also mentions the Italian actors had brought provisions from Italy with them and had advised the cooks in their hotels to fix them meals à la Italian cuisine.

East Sydney, New South Wales

Italian is the most popular type championed by Bill & Toni's on Stanley St, as East Sydney was Sydney's primary Italian community in the 1960s and 1970s and the area is still sometimes called Little Italy due to a predominantly Italian descent in the area.

Economy of Rashtrakuta empire of Manyakheta

Its major imports were pearls, gold, dates from Arabia, slaves, Italian wines, tin, lead, topaz, storax, sweet clover, flint glass, antimony, gold and silver coins, singing boys and girls (for the entertainment of the royalty) from other lands.

Express Avenue

The 50,000-sq ft food court, also called EA Garden, has 25 counters with several food and beverage options including Oriental, North Indian, South Indian, and Italian to give a delectable experience for Indian and International culinary.

John Mosca

John Mosca (pronounced "Mohsca") (May 6, 1925 Chicago Heights, Illinois - July 13, 2011, Harahan, Louisiana) was an American restauranteur and owner (and co-founder) of the famed Mosca's, a Louisiana Creole and Italian restaurant located in Avondale, Louisiana, near New Orleans.

Mannino

On Long Island, New York there are traditional Italian restaurants called "Mannino's Pizzeria" which specializes in Italian cuisine.

Pendlebury railway station

It was located on Bolton Road (A666), opposite St. Augustine's Church and the former (appropriately named) Station Hotel pub which is nowadays the Isis Italian restaurant.

The building still exists, but has been refurbished into an Italian restaurant called Isis.

Restaurant Empire II

The player controls the kind of cuisine the restaurant serves (American, French, Italian, German).

Serra Gaúcha

Consequently, the cities in the Serra Gaúcha reflect German and Italian influences through their architecture, gastronomy and culture.

Stefano Manfredi

Stefano "Steve" Manfredi (born 1954) is an Italian-born chef, author and leading exponent of modern Italian cuisine in Australia.

Supplì

Supplì (Italianisation of the French word surprise) are Italian snacks consisting of a ball of rice (generally risotto) with tomato sauce and raw egg, typical of the Roman Cuisine.

There Are Doors

They go to an Italian restaurant which Green recognizes as being from his world.


Estepona

Dining choices emphasise locally-caught seafood, and range from local Spanish cuisine to other Mediterranean cuisines, including Italian and French.

Fusion cuisine

California cuisine is considered a fusion culture, taking inspiration particularly from Italy, France, Mexico, the idea of the European delicatessen, and eastern Asia, and then creating traditional dishes from these cultures with non-traditional ingredients - such as California pizza.

Gram flour

It is used in Italian cuisine to make farinata, in French cuisine to make socca and in the cuisine of Cadiz in Southern Spain to make tortillitas de camarones.

Lark Street

Lark Street has a variety of restaurants and eateries, including Tex-Mex, Greek, Thai, Indian, Hunan, Italian and Japanese restaurants.

Marie Callender's

The type of cuisine served is mainly American, although many of the dishes are slanted towards styles of preparation that resemble Italian, Mexican, French, Cajun, or Chinese.

Roydon, Essex

Roydon has two dedicated restaurants located in the High Street: Bengal Lancers, an Indian restaurant and Franco's a family-run Italian restaurant.

Sammarinese cuisine

As San Marino is a microstate completely landlocked by Italy, Sammarinese cuisine is strongly similar to the Italian cuisine, especially that of the adjoining Emilia-Romagna and Marche regions.