Why Northern Italians Look Different From Southern Italians

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Northern Italian food is bland, butter-based Germanic cuisine. Southern Italian food, tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, spices, is what world calls “Italian.” They stole your food and called it theirs. Northern Italy’s traditional cuisine is Germanic, polenta, butter sauces, boiled meats. Closer to Austrian and Swiss food than Mediterranean. Southern Italy created pasta with tomato sauce, pizza, espresso, tiramisu, cannoli, everything world thinks is “Italian.” For decades Northerners mocked Southern