Italian cuisine changes by valley, coast and capital. Naples pizza ovens is one node, not the whole map.
The meters treat heat, ferment, street density and sharing as the axes that actually organise meals.
Systems
Emilia-Romagna
Stuffed pasta, pork, Parmigiano.
Campania
Pizza, tomato, mozzarella.
Lazio
Roman pastas of pepper and pecorino.
Sicily
Street food and Arab-Norman pantry.
North rice/butter
Risotto, polenta, Alpine cheeses.
Italian-American
A real dialect: red-sauce, hero sandwiches, Sunday gravy.
Relative meters
Hotspots
Naples pizza ovens
The dough argument.
Bologna / Modena
Ragu and balsamic.
Rome trattorie
Carbonara wars.
Palermo markets
Street Sicily.
Little Italy / Arthur Avenue
The US dialect.
Materials
Durum wheat
Dried pasta.
Tomato
Southern wet bass.
Olive oil / butter
The fat split.
Aged cheese
Umami and salt.
Regional pride in this cuisine is argued through Neapolitan pizza and Spaghetti al pomodoro more than through a single official recipe.
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