| If you have ever taken the time to actually sit down | | | | of that to pretty much re-invent an already wonderful |
| and read through an old school Italian recipe book, you | | | | recipe. The reason for the change is quite simple, as it |
| would quickly notice that much of what they placed in | | | | is done to make this dish ready for this day and age |
| those pages in the earlier years were not really about | | | | and separate it from the recipe that was created not |
| fantastic recipes as much as it was about necessity. | | | | out of desire but need. |
| Much of what you find in an Italian cookbook is what | | | | The Modern Chefs Understand |
| was placed there as a reminder of what they had to | | | | Old Italian recipes still grace the tables of some of the |
| work with and what was available to them at the time. | | | | most decorated and established Italian restaurants in |
| Just like anything else in life if some thing sits long | | | | the world today. The chefs know what brought the |
| enough, someone is bound to come along and change | | | | recipe to life, yet they have a great way of masking |
| things to their liking. | | | | the true nature and making the recipe worthy of |
| Old School Needs | | | | awards for its great appeal and divine taste. The |
| Whether it was the timeframe where Rome was still | | | | award-winning chefs of today actually start with the |
| ruling much of the world, or when the Second World | | | | basic form of the recipe from the Old Italian cookbook, |
| War was still pounding their backyard the Italians know | | | | and add to it with their own special ideas and opinions |
| what it takes to make something out of nothing at all. | | | | of what this dish should taste like in the modern age. |
| This is how most of the fine recipes that we are so | | | | This is not to imply that the original dish was not up to |
| familiar with today have come about, and without the | | | | snuff, it merely means that they are aware that this |
| unfortunate hardship of the past we could never | | | | dish could use some attention to bring it back to glory. |
| appreciate the fine and delicious details that the Italian | | | | New Ideas Promote Interest |
| cuisine have to offer. Something as simple as Rotti, | | | | It is well known that new idea promote interest in Old |
| had a purpose back in the early days, and it was | | | | Italian recipes, and when a chef has an idea he is not |
| made to fill the belly more than it was made to dine in | | | | going to be ignored. The reason for the revitalization of |
| luxury. Much of what was popular then is still popular, | | | | old school recipes is quite simple, the recipe has a |
| yet with a different reason behind it. Sometimes all it | | | | great base and the implementation of other ingredients |
| takes is for someone to add a little of this or a pinch | | | | only solidifies the interest in the culture. |