意大利美食传奇(一).

　　悠久的历史、厚重的文化、一流的美酒和让人垂涎的美食....这一切都能在一个国家找到，那就是——意大利。其中意大利美食是意大利文化不可或缺的一部分，在全世界饮食文化中，意大利美食都占有举足轻重的地位。

　　1. Pizza

　　1：披萨

　　The modern day pizza&aposs birthplace was Naples, Italy. The original and most popular variety is Margherita, which has only tomato, mozzarella, and basil. These colors represent the Italian flagcolors and legend says this pizza was served to Queen Margherita of Savoy. Pizza was a peasant food, yet the Queen loved it and continued to enjoy it despite the backlash she received from others in the royal circle. The pizza was later named after her and is a popular pizza variety served around the world. If you have a chance to sample a Margherita pizza, Naples is dinitely the place -- with tomatoes grown in the volcanic ash of nearby Pompeii, the taste is spectacular and unlike pizza I have tried anywhere else in Italy or around the world.

　　披萨的发源地是意大利的那不勒斯。最纯正，也是最有名的披萨是玛加列披萨，它的配料只有番茄酱、马苏里拉奶酪和罗勒叶。这三个原料的颜色代表着意大利国旗的三个颜色。传说意大利女皇玛加列曾经要求品尝这一款披萨，当时，披萨是底层的食物，女皇尝了后却很喜欢，不管皇族里其他人的异议，经常吃披萨。后来这款披萨也就以玛加列皇后的名字而命名了，慢慢地，玛加列披萨成为了世界上最受欢迎的一款披萨。如果你有机会到意大利品尝玛加列披萨，那不勒斯绝对是最好的地方，那里的西红柿是庞培附近的火山灰里长出来的，味道极其特别，意大利别处的西红柿酱绝对不能和这里的媲美的。

　　2. Gelato

　　2.冰激凌

　　Gelato is Italy&aposs version of ice cream. It contains many of the same ingredients as other frozen dairy desserts, but has a lower butterfat and sugar content. It is made and frozen in small batches versus the process of making most commercial ice creams in the United States. It lacks the amount of "air" seen in ice cream, giving it a more intense flavor. Another difference is how long it can keep -- gelato only stays fresh for a couple days.

　　意大利版本的冰激凌的配方和别处买到的的冰激凌配方大体相同，不同的是，意大利冰激凌含有更低的脂肪和糖。和冰激凌工业超级大国美国相比，意大利的冰激凌产量更小，冰激凌里面的空气更小，所以吃起来觉得奶味更浓郁。还有一点不同的就是，意大利冰淇淋的保鲜期很短，只有短短的几天。

　　Gelato dates back to ancient Roman and Egyptian frozen desserts made from ice and snow. It later appeared in Florence and the Florentine cook, Bernardo Buontalenti, is the one who is credited with creating modern ice cream in 1565. Gelato itself did not become popular until the 1900&aposs after the first mobile gelato cart was created.

　　意大利冰激凌的历史可以追溯到古罗马时期，当时，古埃及人将冰和雪制成甜点。这个技术很快传到弗洛伦萨。弗洛伦萨的大厨Bernardo Buontalenti也因为在1565年开发了现代冰激凌而名声大振。然而意大利式冰激凌直到1900年，随着第一辆冰激凌车的问世才渐渐变得受欢迎。