Kind of amazing how many dishes we think of as traditional Italian were 1) invented in, like, 1926, 2) originally a city/street food, not developed by nonnas serving huge families at long wooden tables under the grapevine, and/or 3) developed in the US by Italian-Americans and brought back to Italy
Ciabatta is delightful and Italian but it was also legit developed in the 80s. It’s my entire point Italian food has and should evolve, acknowledge and celebrate it.
Yes I was agreeing with you
I was agreeing on your agreeing I just wanted an example after Mussolini for the youngsters!
Right, and the connections between their fantasies of an ancient, inviolable cuisine tied to their soil and the far right’s ideas about an ancient, inviolable Italian nation aren’t hard to figure out.
Carbonara was developed using bacon in the ration kits of GIs