Listen, I get it. It takes effort to stay on the path of righteousness, especially when every marketing message is screaming about the bounty of Olive Garden’s endless pasta bowl (with unlimited garlic-butter breadsticks). Yes, there is such a thing as too much pasta. 

But let’s at least not fool ourselves. Concoctions dubbed as “Italian food” outside of Italy are usually a gross bastardization of their lineage; just barely even resembling the humble beginnings from which they arose. 

So indulge me, if you will, with this rant in the defense of all things holy and Italian. The crimes against Italian food will not go unpunished!

Read the transcript here: https://eatlikeanitalian.com/crimes-against-italian-food/