There are things you eat and don’t eat at breakfast, lunch or dinner, as well as foods you don’t mix and customs you don’t break. Yes, you can order a cappuccino after lunch or dinner and you’ll be served, but with a collective shaking of Italian heads. “Historically, Italy was very agricultural and very poor,” said Italian food historian Francine Segan. In Italy, lunch begins at 1 p.m., while dinner starts at 7:30 p.m. or much later. And if an Italian invites you to dinner, don’t make more than a weak effort to split the check.

Source: Huffington Post August 08, 2024 08:01 UTC