10 rules of Italian food

1. No bread with pasta, and no salad after the pasta.
   
   
2. No side dishes with pasta and the pasta is not a side dish.
   
   
3. Pasta should not be eaten in the evening because it is too filling.
   
   
4. The pasta is eaten with a fork and in special cases a knife is used.
   
   
5. Cheese, such as parmesan, is never put on fish or shellfish dishes. And same thing, if the pasta is made of sophisticated ingredients.
   
   
6. If parmesan is added to an oil-based pasta, a little bit of butter should also be added.
   
   
7. Fresh pasta is not better than dry pasta. Dry pasta is made of water and durum wheat flour. The fresh pasta is made of egg or egg yolk and regular wheat flour, which is much softer than durum wheat flour.
   
   
8. The sauce determines which pasta is better suited to it.
   
   
9. Italian food is simple. If there is already dill in the food, black pepper is not added to it. Similarly, if the food already has basil, parsley is not added to it.
   
   
10. What can be added to almost every Italian food on the table is a few drops of high quality virgin olive oil. And, of course, parmesan, if pasta is not made of fish or sophisticated ingredients.