To be honest, I’m no foodie. I don’t know the difference between good olive oil and bad olive oil. That being said, I can recognize restaurants that fit my readers.
Here’s a chat I had with DiningOut Magazine Denver/Boulder recently about the holistic experience of dining out in Europe as a traveler.
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Hi,
When someone eats in Italy then comes home how could any restaurant in the USA compare?
For me Olive Garden is the closest to the real thing.
Ciao,
Jeff
Greetings,
We were stationed in Naples, Italy for three years. We then went to Texas. I could not eat American pizza for nearly five years because of how I was spoiled with authentic pizza in downtown Napoli!
Ciao,
Doug