Comments on: Colazione: A Guide to the Italian Breakfast http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/ Nourish Your Inner Italian Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:38:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tootsie’s, Palo Alto | Italy In SF http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3500 Tootsie’s, Palo Alto | Italy In SF Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:37:04 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3500 [...] breakfast as well, as the cappuccino and espresso are just great- not to mention the staple of the Italian breakfast, the cornetto (aka: Italian croissant). Rocco spins the cornetti in their delicious Nutella [...] [...] breakfast as well, as the cappuccino and espresso are just great- not to mention the staple of the Italian breakfast, the cornetto (aka: Italian croissant). Rocco spins the cornetti in their delicious Nutella [...]

]]> By: More on the Italian Breakfast | Italy In SF http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3199 More on the Italian Breakfast | Italy In SF Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:16:28 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3199 [...] have received many comments incredulous about my first post about the typical Italian breakfast. All Italians who have responded confirm that breakfast is sweet, but everyone who was raised in [...] [...] have received many comments incredulous about my first post about the typical Italian breakfast. All Italians who have responded confirm that breakfast is sweet, but everyone who was raised in [...]

]]> By: sammy http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3185 sammy Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:40:34 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3185 you should put more on it you should put more on it

]]> By: vandana http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3180 vandana Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:38:31 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3180 Also in France they use full fat butter, cream, cheese, and dairy. so tasty.. here in america dairy is highly processed..lots of skim milk...everything is fortified. no enzymes in the cheese..etc. lucky we have healthy options. but most american's are unaware. Also in France they use full fat butter, cream, cheese, and dairy. so tasty.. here in america dairy is highly processed..lots of skim milk…everything is fortified. no enzymes in the cheese..etc. lucky we have healthy options. but most american’s are unaware.

]]> By: vandana http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3179 vandana Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:36:40 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3179 This is so fascinating. I'm not Italian, I'm American (Indian origin, India), but I'm very interested in how people live in different parts of Europe and Japan, because the health in these places, on average, is better than in America. Obescity doens't give full picture, but obescity rate in Italy is about 9% and Japan5% and Korea, even lower..3 or 4%. In America, it is over 30%. Being a holistic health counselor, and I love to learn and observe, i'm very curious. I'm a little surprised the breakfast in Italy is sweet considering the low obescity rate. Perhaps it is beause everything is fresh..not as processed (like butter, dairy)? Lots of walking? Less sweet foods later in the day? Can anyone comment? Maybe i need to look at lunch and dinner in Italy next :) Just trying to get general idea. Do people smoke a lot in Italy like in France, Germany? With the sweet breakfast, i wonder if diabetes is a problem? Maybe not.. the breakfast alone, of course, does not give full picture. And maybe it is the quality of the foods. Here in America..everything is highy processed. All breads are made fast..with yeast. Not old way. How about in Italy? Oh..and in America people eat fast..people eat to quickly get it out of the way. so they can get back to work. they eat chemicalized junk..not fresh. I think this will change..i want to write a book about how people are eating and what they are eating in other countries. To help americans understand the damage they are doing to themselves eating the nasty foods made by large corporations whols one and only goal is to make profit. I know it's a lot of questions :) Just curious. Oh.and i LOVE lasagna..good sauce, perfect, soft noodle, and meat..mmm :) Also love cafe Latte. This is so fascinating. I’m not Italian, I’m American (Indian origin, India), but I’m very interested in how people live in different parts of Europe and Japan, because the health in these places, on average, is better than in America. Obescity doens’t give full picture, but obescity rate in Italy is about 9% and Japan5% and Korea, even lower..3 or 4%. In America, it is over 30%. Being a holistic health counselor, and I love to learn and observe, i’m very curious.

I’m a little surprised the breakfast in Italy is sweet considering the low obescity rate. Perhaps it is beause everything is fresh..not as processed (like butter, dairy)? Lots of walking? Less sweet foods later in the day?

Can anyone comment? Maybe i need to look at lunch and dinner in Italy next :) Just trying to get general idea.

Do people smoke a lot in Italy like in France, Germany? With the sweet breakfast, i wonder if diabetes is a problem? Maybe not.. the breakfast alone, of course, does not give full picture. And maybe it is the quality of the foods. Here in America..everything is highy processed. All breads are made fast..with yeast. Not old way. How about in Italy?

Oh..and in America people eat fast..people eat to quickly get it out of the way. so they can get back to work. they eat chemicalized junk..not fresh. I think this will change..i want to write a book about how people are eating and what they are eating in other countries. To help americans understand the damage they are doing to themselves eating the nasty foods made by large corporations whols one and only goal is to make profit.

I know it’s a lot of questions :) Just curious. Oh.and i LOVE lasagna..good sauce, perfect, soft noodle, and meat..mmm :)

Also love cafe Latte.

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3178 Vanessa Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:30:20 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3178 Ciao Andrea- this is really funny! I know that often in some areas in the South breakfast can be ice cream or granita... I could never quite persuade my parents to go THAT sweet... and, BTW, I LOVE Pan Di Stelle- so hard to find here! Ciao Andrea- this is really funny! I know that often in some areas in the South breakfast can be ice cream or granita… I could never quite persuade my parents to go THAT sweet…
and, BTW, I LOVE Pan Di Stelle- so hard to find here!

]]> By: Andrea http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3177 Andrea Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:26:57 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3177 Hi, I'm Andrea, I grew up in Sicily and now I live in Pisa... few km far from Pontedera :) In both cases (Sicily and Tuscany), the breakfast is *rigorously* sweet. Often we (I and my friends) wonder about how can be a salt breakfast: simply it is out of our way of live the breakfast. At home, I eat a caffelatte with some Pan Di Stelle (alternatively, Pavesi's Gocciole); at bar, I get a Cappuccino and some pastries, so... I entirely agree with the article :) And yes, in summertime the best breakfast is a good lemon granita, with a delicious brioche :D Hi,
I’m Andrea, I grew up in Sicily and now I live in Pisa… few km far from Pontedera :)
In both cases (Sicily and Tuscany), the breakfast is *rigorously* sweet. Often we (I and my friends) wonder about how can be a salt breakfast: simply it is out of our way of live the breakfast.
At home, I eat a caffelatte with some Pan Di Stelle (alternatively, Pavesi’s Gocciole); at bar, I get a Cappuccino and some pastries, so… I entirely agree with the article :)
And yes, in summertime the best breakfast is a good lemon granita, with a delicious brioche :D

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Vanessa Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:58:25 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3175 Hello Elizabeth, My mother is from Arezzo, a few miles from Pontedera, and the everyday breakfast is always the same- cookies and caffelatte in most of the households. You'd only eat <em>paste</em> outside, if you have breakfast at a cafe, but not at home- you are right, having <em>paste</em> at home is one of those luxury! All over Italy, the sweet breakfast is a staple of the diet- it is testified by the tons of different breakfast cookies you'll find in any grocery store, and the variety of pastries in any cafe (<em>bar</em>) around town. I have never heard of frittata for breakfast- frittata is widely considered a dinner food! Once again, please consider age- if you're in your thirties your grandparents will have very different traditions than if you're in your fifties... Ciao! Vanessa Hello Elizabeth,
My mother is from Arezzo, a few miles from Pontedera, and the everyday breakfast is always the same- cookies and caffelatte in most of the households. You’d only eat paste outside, if you have breakfast at a cafe, but not at home- you are right, having paste at home is one of those luxury! All over Italy, the sweet breakfast is a staple of the diet- it is testified by the tons of different breakfast cookies you’ll find in any grocery store, and the variety of pastries in any cafe (bar) around town. I have never heard of frittata for breakfast- frittata is widely considered a dinner food!
Once again, please consider age- if you’re in your thirties your grandparents will have very different traditions than if you’re in your fifties…
Ciao!
Vanessa

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3174 Elizabeth Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:00:17 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3174 Hi! My family is from Tuscany: my father is actually from there and I have been several times. Although I remember my father's pitiful attempts to make paste while living in Oklahoma, when I visit my Nonna in Italy, she usually makes a frittata or serves fresh fruit. Sometimes my Nonno will go out early in the morning to bring back paste, but that's a treat. Is it different in Tuscany, specifically Pontedera, than from where you're from? Thanks! Hi! My family is from Tuscany: my father is actually from there and I have been several times. Although I remember my father’s pitiful attempts to make paste while living in Oklahoma, when I visit my Nonna in Italy, she usually makes a frittata or serves fresh fruit. Sometimes my Nonno will go out early in the morning to bring back paste, but that’s a treat. Is it different in Tuscany, specifically Pontedera, than from where you’re from? Thanks!

]]> By: Annalisa from Italy (Sicily) http://www.italyinsf.com/2008/09/12/colazione-a-guide-to-the-italian-breakfast/comment-page-1/#comment-3129 Annalisa from Italy (Sicily) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:30:52 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=289#comment-3129 Hi, I'm sicilian, and yes our breakfast is usually sweet, with cornetti (croissants) with chocolate, cream or apricot marmalade, cup of milk and coffe, cereals and orange juice. But here in Sicily, we have breakfast also with granita (MMMMMMMMM!!!), but it's only in Sicily, the original ^_^. Granita is my favourite summer-breakfast, because it is like granular ice drink (sicilian ice) but a little creamy, so Not with grains frozen. It is made by a special machine (with water, sugar, almonds, and sometimes also honey) and accompanied by a brioche made with eggs, and teaspoon, slurp!!!! There are many flavors, usually almond, chocolate, coffee and pistachio di Bronte, etc... Only in Sicily there is the original granita, and it's very good...very popular sicilian summer breakfast. See >>>http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granita_siciliana Other type of breakfast is Tavola calda, like salad snacks popular in oriental Sicily, only in piana di Catania, very famous arancini with rice and ragù or with butter (arancini are also in Palermo), cartocciate with jam, cheese and pomodoro sauce or mushrooms, bolognesi, siciliane, patè, pizzette, cipolline etc... so good, appetizing!!! See >>>http://www.bardelsole.it/images/Tavola%20Calda.jpg These are our italian (sicilian) types of breakfast, sweet but also salad! ^_^ An sicilian kiss to you!!! Hi, I’m sicilian, and yes our breakfast is usually sweet, with cornetti (croissants) with chocolate, cream or apricot marmalade, cup of milk and coffe, cereals and orange juice. But here in Sicily, we have breakfast also with granita (MMMMMMMMM!!!), but it’s only in Sicily, the original ^_^.
Granita is my favourite summer-breakfast, because it is like granular ice drink (sicilian ice) but a little creamy, so Not with grains frozen. It is made by a special machine (with water, sugar, almonds, and sometimes also honey) and accompanied by a brioche made with eggs, and teaspoon, slurp!!!!
There are many flavors, usually almond, chocolate, coffee and pistachio di Bronte, etc…
Only in Sicily there is the original granita, and it’s very good…very popular sicilian summer breakfast.
See >>>http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granita_siciliana
Other type of breakfast is Tavola calda, like salad snacks popular in oriental Sicily, only in piana di Catania, very famous arancini with rice and ragù or with butter (arancini are also in Palermo), cartocciate with jam, cheese and pomodoro sauce or mushrooms, bolognesi, siciliane, patè, pizzette, cipolline etc… so good, appetizing!!!
See >>>http://www.bardelsole.it/images/Tavola%20Calda.jpg
These are our italian (sicilian) types of breakfast, sweet but also salad! ^_^

An sicilian kiss to you!!!

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