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When many of us think of Gourmet Italian food, we conjure up visions of pasta and pizza. Did you know that polenta has played a HUGE role in the history of Italy and in its cuisine. Polenta does not receive the recognition that it should. This humble peasant dish provided sustenance for Italians who worked the fields in Northern Italy for centuries. The Italians workers in the south had their fish and their pasta, but polenta was the traditional sustenance in the Northern regions such as Lombardy and Venetia.
