Having lived in the US for almost 20 years I know all about the taste of synthetic, engineered, hormone-injected, antibiotic-infused and preservative-laden food. Hence when I taste good food, I can most certainly tell.
Anytime I travel out of the US, the flavour of world cuisines and its authentic taste is a blessing I choose to enjoy, and Italian food is one such blessing. There is nothing that describes Italy like Il bel far niente — meaning the beauty of doing nothing, the art of doing nothing or the sweetness of doing nothing.
Yes, that’s what the Italians know how to accomplish to perfection, and somehow take their tourists on the same ride.
Sitting under the Tuscan sun as I ate my pesto pasta, overlooking the green hills and the quintessentially Tuscan cypress trees, I understood the age-old Italian saying: this has to be the beauty of doing nothing, breathing in the blue sky and living the laid-back country lifestyle.