When we arrived at Daniele’s flat we were welcomed like old friends. Imported items from Italy line the shelves. Your Italian passport would be burned on the spot. Never use chicken or turkey on pasta or, even worse, on pizza.

Meat in pasta sauce is used in specific recipes like Ragù alla Bolognese, lasagne, etc. When we suggested to him that we’d like highlight his dogma in this post, he told us “I spread civilization with pleasure!” We’ve sprinkled some example rules throughout the post, such as: Our fellow dinner guests also entertained us with Daniele’s “rules” for eating like an Italian. We quickly learned that we would doing an Italian cooking night, complete with specialty Italian cured meats and wine from Daniele’s last trip to his homeland. We learned that he conducts regular tours to Italy to introduce people to his home country (and home town, in some cases).Ī number of people at dinner had been on tours with him, and couldn’t say enough great things. While this experience took place in Prague, our host Daniele is from Piedmont, Italy, and passionate about all things Italian. We were able to to take a part in one of these experiences while in Prague with Cook and Meet. There’s actually a growing movement of places that give travelers the opportunity to eat (and cook) with locals in a laid-back, home environment. What if there was a way to get invited to a dinner party, with great people and delicious food, anywhere in the world?

Getting together with friends, making dinner and having a few drinks, that sort of thing. One of the things about traveling for an extended period of time is that you miss out on the things “normal” people do.

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