They are absolute right in my opinion. Everybody is free to cook or eat whatever he wants to, but stop declaring it as "italian" food or cooking. The italian kitchen is fully of long time traditions and original recipes of passed generations with a maniac attention to details, techniques an specific ingredients. As a sample a "carbonara" is just a CARBONARA if you use the right technique and ingredients. If you don't, you are maybe cooking something similar or "carbonara style", but it's not original and maybe it's even not Italian if you are using "USA BACON". That does not mean it's not good, or tasty, or ok to eat, it's just not Italian food.
Isn't cooking all about experimentation? Trying new flavour combinations? Eating what you enjoy? Learning new techniques?
Would the same ire be directed at Heston Blumenthal if he was doing this at the Fat Duck? Or would it be heralded as the culinary innovation the bivalve world has been waiting for?
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We turn to FoodTribe's more nominal Italian for comment
Remember, the Italians revoked his "Italian card" 😂
We've forged one
They are absolute right in my opinion. Everybody is free to cook or eat whatever he wants to, but stop declaring it as "italian" food or cooking. The italian kitchen is fully of long time traditions and original recipes of passed generations with a maniac attention to details, techniques an specific ingredients. As a sample a "carbonara" is just a CARBONARA if you use the right technique and ingredients. If you don't, you are maybe cooking something similar or "carbonara style", but it's not original and maybe it's even not Italian if you are using "USA BACON". That does not mean it's not good, or tasty, or ok to eat, it's just not Italian food.
If it tastes good and he enjoys it, so what?
Isn't cooking all about experimentation? Trying new flavour combinations? Eating what you enjoy? Learning new techniques?
Would the same ire be directed at Heston Blumenthal if he was doing this at the Fat Duck? Or would it be heralded as the culinary innovation the bivalve world has been waiting for?
Eat what you want. Cook what you want.