From cappuccinos to carbonaras : Why Italians are so strict about their food ‘rules’
If you thought Italian food was just about pizza and pasta, think again.
It’s so “diverse”, 2021 Bake Off winner Giuseppe Dell’Anno says, that you’ll even see food rivalries spring up in next-door towns.
In Italy, everyone is “so parochial, it’s incredible”, he laughs. “So two places that are five miles from each other – each one claims that they’ve got the recipe for that cake, and everyone else’s is a mockery.”
He credits the diversity of the country’s food to its history, noting: “We’ve only been a country for [around] 160 years.
“Before that, we were just a collection of small states
