The people of Tuscany maintain that they have good reason to be a little snobby about the quality of their olive oil and the part that it plays in gourmet Italian cuisine. Most of the people who actually pick the olives prefer the oil over the cash for their labor. If people have a little [...]
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Gourmet Italian: The Glorious Olive Oil of Tuscany
September 4th, 2009
photo credit: alessandraelle When searching for gourmet Italian cuisine, visitors may become confused about the difference between an Osteria, a Trattoria and a Ristorante. Actually, these distinctions were more prominent historically than they are in modern times. In earlier times, and Osteria was sort of a rustic tavern. It was an establishment where one would [...]
