[CatoRenasci]

I live in Greenwich, Connecticut, and we don't have Restaraunts like Olive Garden here. There are a number of decent Italian restaraunts in Stamford and, of course, the Bronx and Manhattan are only an hour away. My Norwegian wife cooks far better Italian food (via Marcella Hazan) than I can get in all but the very best Italian restaraunts, mostly the alta cucina of Lombardia, Piemonte and Venezia rather than the heavy southern Italian food one gets commercially.

[jjm2111]

Yeah, most people don't know the difference between northern and sourthern italian food. And there is quite a difference. But most Italian immigrants to this country were from the third-worldesque South. Hence the preponderence of Southern italian food even in good restaurants.

[jjm2111]

Yeah, most people don't know the difference between northern and sourthern italian food. And there is quite a difference. But most Italian immigrants to this country were from the third-worldesque South. Hence the preponderence of Southern italian food even in good restaurants.