Why
Italian cuisine
is special

Italy is a country of passionate diners and flavorful cooking ingredients. Cooks through the ages have responded by creating exciting dishes full of verve and character.

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Realistically,
there is no
"Italian cuisine"

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Italy has
20 distinct regions

Their individual cooking styles and personalities are too diverse to lump into a single Italian cuisine category. My web pages on regional Italian cuisines will help you understand and enjoy those regional cuisines.

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10 most famous
Italian cuisine regions

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CLICK BLUE LINKS to open the web page of a regional Italian cuisine.  I give candid tips and descriptions on each of them. I also spotlight their most famous dishes.

Alphabetical.

Campania

Naples

Emilia Romagna

Bologna

Latium

Rome

Liguria

Genoa

Lombardy

Milan

Piedmont

Torino

Sardinia

Cagliari

Sicily

Palermo

Tuscany

Florence

Veneto

Venice

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Italian cuisine intro - Page two

Other regions

Food

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Clickable
Italian cuisine maps

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Test yourself

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Italian Government Tourist Board

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Explore my
candid country, region
and other travel guides
Click links for tips & insights

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