Italy is known for its fabulous cuisine, and pizza is probably the item most beloved world-wide. The whole planet is pazzo for pizza! While you’ve likely eaten many variations of the national dish, wait until you taste the real deal… you won’t believe your tastebuds!
The best pizza comes from a wood-burning oven. Because it takes hours of stoking to get the forno to the proper temperature, many pizzerias are open only in the evening for dinner. Pizza from these ovens are generally plate-sized and thin-crusted. They cook in minutes and arrive piping-hot with melty cheese oozing and steaming.
Though thin crust is the norm, it comes in different forms depending on geographic area. In Rome and many other areas the crust is wafer-thin and gets crispy when it cooks. In Naples and the Campania area in general the famed Neapolitan pizza boasts a thicker, yeastier crust with a cornicione, a raised ‘frame’ around it. Neapolitans are considered the master pizzaiuoli and have transported their version of pizza around the country and around the world. It is especially delicious when topped with mozzarella di bufala.
If you are craving pizza for lunch, don’t be disheartened. While many traditional pizzerias only serve dinner, there are handy shops called pizza al taglio, or pizza by the slice. These broom closet-sized stores churn out Italy’s best version of fast food, either in thick-crusted rectangles or thinner rotund pies, baked with a variety of toppings to choose from. You pick your fancy and they’ll reheat the slice, wrap it in paper, and you’ll have a timely snack or lunch on the go. Most have only a counter where you order, but a few such shops offer stools or a couple of bistro-type tables.
Give it a try. We guarantee by the end of your trip you, too, will be pazzo for pizza!
The villages scattered all around the Cilento coast maintain a very ancient fishing technique, but non so closely tied to it than the pretty town of Pisciotta.
If you have searched the web looking for activities to do while vacationing on the Amalfi Coast, there is no doubt that you have already read about Mamma Agata and her incredible cooking school in Ravello.
Once you have peeled your eyes away from the stupendous scenery of the Amalfi Coast, one of the first things you’re bound to notice is the large lemons hanging from the trees.
The hills that surround the city of Salerno and stretch from the Amalfi Coast to the Cilento National Park give an extra-virgin olive oil with an intense colour and a unique fruity taste.
Agerola is known as "Città del Pane" - city of bread – nationwide popular brand that recognizes some Italian towns where this product assumes a special value due to the peculiar characteristics.
At Summer in Italy we do care about our guests, and this is why, in order to help you making your food shopping in Italy just perfect, we would like to share a few tips about high-quality local products.
Its unique and special characteristics, very much appreciated even abroad, gives the name to "Fico Bianco del Cilento": once dried, the sweet peel gets light yellow coloured rather than chestnut brown if oven-cooked.
Amalfi Coast
Sorrento Coast
Tuscany
Cilento National Park
Lake Como
Rome and Latium
Umbria
Capri and Ischia
Venice
Puglia (Apulia)
Liguria
Sicily
Lake Maggiore
Lombardy
Sardinia
Lake Garda
Abruzzo and Marche
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