Interview With Family Prepared Meals

When interviewing Emily, she discussed how her family prepared meals. Emily is a student here at FIT from Pinzolo, which is about an hour outside of Trento in northern Italy. She had the privilege of having her mother being a chef for a living. Her mother would prepare both lunch and dinner for both her and her sister everyday. In school Emily was given a two-hour break to go home and have lunch. Her mother would prepare a meal most days. It was not until High School when they were not given a two-hour break, but instead had early dismissal that Emily began to prepare her own simple lunches such as pasta or a sandwich. Emily’s mother never served them prepared or frozen foods only fresh ingredients. She had never had packaged foods until she moved to New York and had to cook for herself. Giulia had very similar eating habits to Emily, but there

In the United States restaurants do not close mid-day and you can grab dinner whenever you want. Another thing Maria was not use to was that for dinner Italians eat smaller portions but multiple plates. A typical dinner at a restaurant is about four courses. They are antipasto, primo, secondo, and dolce. The first round, antipasto, which are appetizers and snacks for before the main dishes. The primo is the first course, which consist of pasta. Soup, rice and polenta are the other options for the primo. The main course is called secondo, which means the second course. Chicken, meat, or fish are the typical options. Usually the portions are generally small and usually fairly simple, especially if a rich pasta or rice dish precedes them. The meal normal ends with dolce, which is a sweet treat. The last aspect that surprised Maria was that at a restaurant the servers do not rush the customers. The waiter will not bring the check until someone has asked for it. These are some differences that Maria noticed about the way Italians consume food at restaurants while she was studying