Comments on: Life Lessons from Italian Cuisine

By: The Exception

The Exception — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:01:18 +0000

My daughter and I are as close to Italians as we can get with our watered back blood and our home in Virginia surrounded by no one that speaks anything close to Italian or eats the food or lives the lifestyle!
This post is wonderful… Italy is quite close to my heart for many of the reasons you stated (the lifestyle, the food, the passion for life and living and just being).
One of the aspects that I love is the time given – a meal is not rushed, it is savored. It is a given that an Italian meal will include time to digest, to converse, to relax, to enjoy each taste of food and tone of conversation and emotion of the company. It might include people watching and the world at large.
It is not rushed or centered on business – an Italian meal is about the meal and the people and savoring it all!!

Italian food also is about simple and fresh – as natural and easy as can be… and balanced. It is one of the simplest foods to make and yet I am willing to pay a dear price for good Italian food – and in this area we do just that as the best and most simple Italian is often the most dear! I love this post – Brava!

By: Steve Scott Site

Steve Scott Site — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:00:37 +0000

Gosh, As well as feeding my mind, your post made me quite hungry. As Homer would say. “Pizzzzaaaaa”

I loved the way you used to food to bring through real positive life lessons.

In life I am way too much of an appetizer guy. I can often skip on dinner and just eat those lovely appetizers. I strive not in the sense of my life or my reality though. No video games and little (gotta have a little) boob tube for this kid.

Thanks,
Steve

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:24:40 +0000

Belinda,

UNFAIR!!! I read this post at 4:00 PM my time…I still have three hours…yes, three hours before dinner and now I’m starving:~)

On the other hand, this is one of wittiest posts I’ve read in a long time. I loved how you combined Italian food with life lessons. Very well done:~)

When I visited Italy, I ate pizza and prosciutto and melon almost every day. I would actually the melon and prosciutto over the gelato, which is not normally like me:~)

Regarding lessons, chocolate has taught me the most. It has taught about over indulgence and the price one pays when one over-focuses or over- consumes only one thing. Life and our bodies are meant for variety:~)

By: Tess The Bold Life

Tess The Bold Life — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:51:52 +0000

This is so creative I absolutely love it! I’ll always look at my expresso in the morning and set my intention of giving the day my best shot. You rock!

By: rob white

rob white — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:57:30 +0000

Wonderful metaphors, Belinda. Like a good Mozzarella, we are all here to stretch further and expand on who we are.

By: Phil - Less Ordinary Living

Phil - Less Ordinary Living — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:54:05 +0000

Molto bene Belinda -

I really enjoyed this post. Versatile like pizza – that is my new catchphrase. I also love the idea of doing everything family style – I’m coming to appreciate my family more every day at the moment. Life is better when it’s shared.

What is my lesson from Italian food? Keep it simple like meatballs – no frills, no overcomplication, just be honest and straightforward.

Take care,

Phil

By: Fr. Michael

Fr. Michael — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:53:07 +0000

Belinda,
You’re talking my language! Italian food is my favorite. I was raised on it…and eat it all the time!

To you and all your readers: Providence, RI has some of the best Italian restaurants in the country. It’s worth the trip just to eat here!

And Rome…is it possible to get a bad meal there? Not in my experience…

By: Di Palo Selects

Di Palo Selects — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:33:47 +0000

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By: BigLittleWolf

BigLittleWolf — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:16:05 +0000

This is absolutely delightful – and delectable! I love Italian food, and while I don’t live in a part of the country where you get good Italian food, I come from a part of the country where you do, and miss eating the real stuff.

I couldn’t possibly pick a favorite dish, but after reading this, maybe I’ll make chicken cacciatore for my son tonight.

By: Aging Mommy

Aging Mommy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:31:09 +0000

Very clever! I LOVE real Italian food and there is no finer place on earth to eat it than in Italy – unfortunately once you do that everything else pales in comparison. We used to cook a lot of Italian food – favorite recipe book being River Cafe, London establishment run by two women and is the place where Jamie Oliver polished his skills before venturing out on his own and they had quite an influence on him. Some of his pasta and risotto recipes in his first few books are also really good.