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Countdown to Milan, Cortina Olympics: Differences between Southern and Northern Italian cuisine

Countdown to Milan, Cortina Olympics: Exploring the difference between Southern & Northern Italian cuisine

Countdown to Milan, Cortina Olympics: Differences between Southern and Northern Italian cuisine

Countdown to Milan, Cortina Olympics: Exploring the difference between Southern & Northern Italian cuisine

Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, we could spend *** lot of time talking about your favorite food. But according to multiple restaurant websites, the most popular cuisine worldwide is Italian. But what kind of Italian? Michael Galla is one of the country's best chefs who started his culinary career in Italy. So the coolest thing is like I was 22 years old, right? So I was 22 years old and I'm getting to work in Italy, which is probably the coolest thing you get to do. So the way I was trained, you always do. Oil and butter. Gola of cooking food and perfecting dishes he grew up eating. My family's from Sicily, so everything's tomatoes, right, because if you go to Sicily, it's nothing but citrus trees and tomatoes, and that's all you see. We think of traditional Italian as being those tomato sauces and meatballs, the pet. You know that that's our minds that even our lasagna is tomato base. But when the world watches the Olympics in Milan, Cortina, they'll see another type of Italian food. The further north you go, you're getting closer to Switzerland and Austria, and so that is all pastures, right? So it's sheep, it's cows, it's *** lot of dairy, it's *** lot of meat, it's not so. Much pasta, right, uh, so it's there's vast differences. We're gonna do *** little risotto la differences Golada showed us through cooking, making us *** dish you'll no doubt see on Olympic broadcasts up in Milan. That's all risotto Milanese, that's, uh, Asabuco, right? That's the, um, the, the, the Millane like the breaded. Veal chops like those kind of things, right? So that's that's much more landlocked, more mountainous. And as for the risotto he cooked us see that like *** really good risotto is life changing, but it you have to follow all the rules, which he did, and it was delicious. On the road to Milan Cortina for more risotto, I'm Fletcher Mackel.
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Updated: 11:09 AM CDT Oct 13, 2025
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Countdown to Milan, Cortina Olympics: Differences between Southern and Northern Italian cuisine

Countdown to Milan, Cortina Olympics: Exploring the difference between Southern & Northern Italian cuisine

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Updated: 11:09 AM CDT Oct 13, 2025
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New Orleans chef Michael Gulotta is one of the country's best, nominated for multiple James Beard Awards. He started his culinary career in Italy."So, the coolest thing is I was 22 years old, right? So I’m 22 years old and I'm getting to work in Italy, which is one of the coolest things you get to do," Gulotta said.A young chef who spent that time in the early 2000s cooking food and perfecting dishes he grew up eating."My family is from Sicily, so everything is tomatoes because that’s all you see, Sicily is all citrus farms and tomatoes. We think of traditional Italian as being those tomato sauces and the meatballs, even our lasagna is tomato-based," Gulotta said.But when the world watches the Olympics in Milan and Cortina, they'll see another type of Italian food."The further north you go, you’re getting close to Austria and Switzerland, so that is all pastures, so that is sheep, cows, a lot of dairy, it’s not pasta, so there are vast differences," Gulotta said.So, what kinds of dishes are in that part of Italy?"Up in Milan, that's all risotto Milanese, ossobuco, breaded veal chops because it's much more landlocked and mountainous," Gulotta said.

New Orleans chef Michael Gulotta is one of the country's best, nominated for multiple James Beard Awards. He started his culinary career in Italy.

"So, the coolest thing is I was 22 years old, right? So I’m 22 years old and I'm getting to work in Italy, which is one of the coolest things you get to do," Gulotta said.

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A young chef who spent that time in the early 2000s cooking food and perfecting dishes he grew up eating.

"My family is from Sicily, so everything is tomatoes because that’s all you see, Sicily is all citrus farms and tomatoes. We think of traditional Italian as being those tomato sauces and the meatballs, even our lasagna is tomato-based," Gulotta said.

But when the world watches the Olympics in Milan and Cortina, they'll see another type of Italian food.

"The further north you go, you’re getting close to Austria and Switzerland, so that is all pastures, so that is sheep, cows, a lot of dairy, it’s not pasta, so there are vast differences," Gulotta said.

So, what kinds of dishes are in that part of Italy?

"Up in Milan, that's all risotto Milanese, ossobuco, breaded veal chops because it's much more landlocked and mountainous," Gulotta said.

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