Italian American Culture Essay

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Italy Did you know that Italy offers several scenic views of mountains, and great food for tourists to experience? Italy is a country in Southern Europe. This country is rich in agriculture, art, and especially food. Tourists go to Italy to learn about culture, history, and sights. Italy is also known for pizza and wine. Mountains

There are so many different kinds of mountains in Italy. For instance, “Monte Bianco’’ meaning, ‘’ White Mountain,’’ is the highest mountain in Italy.’’ (World Atlas). In addition, Monte Bianco is known as Mont Blanc. Mont Blanc, (Monte Bianco) is very popular in Italy. The mountain is the 11th most prominent meaning, ‘’ Important/ Famous ’’ mountain in the world. ‘’Mont Blanc grows bigger every year.’’ (World Atlas) The location of Mont Blanc is at the border of France and Italy in the Alps. The elevation of Mont Blanc is 15,782 feet. At Mont Blanc there are white glaciers, great granite faces, and a great alpine scenery. For instance, …show more content…

‘’For a majority of people around the world, Italy is synonymous with pasta, pizza, and wine.‘’ (Darkrome) According to (Darkrome), pizza and wine are the most famous and main foods in Italy. Italians have two different types of wheat to make their bread. “ Italian flours are graded by an Italian, the law passed in 1967. It’s is based on measureing the ash content of the flour.’’ (Cooksinfo) Flours made from hard wheat is called, ‘’semola’’ or ‘’ gran duro.’’ Flours made from soft wheat is called ‘’grano tenuro’’ meaning, ‘’tender grain.’’ ‘’Gran duro (hard wheat) are slighty yelloish and have more texture.’’ (Cooksinfo) They are used for pasta and pizza dough. “The Gran tenero flours are white, more powdery flour used in bread and pasteries.” (Cooksinfo) Additionally, ‘’Pizza and wine is just like an everyday meal in Italy. (Darkrome). For instance, people love Italian food so much, they just go for a different, and great

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