Most of the world doesn’t have a tipping culture.

Great deal! We lost out on a great house just a little smaller than that the same year that I kick myself for not buying. Was yours a fixer upper?

330k is cheap for such a big house.

With taxes? We have a 1100sq foot house here and pay $1500 with taxes. Bought for $250k in 2016

I’m Italian. As in an Italian citizen. Eaten at countless restaurants on Italy. Never claimed to be a chef but I know how good is made there.

It’s Americanized. Any Italian chef wouldn’t dream of putting cream in carbonara. Tradition is extremely important. The cream overtakes the delicate flavor. But hey, if you like cream in your Olive Garden carbonara, go for it.

Carbonara does NOT call for cream. That was an addition to appease American palates. The egg yolk is carefully cooked lightly so it doesn’t cook enough to become like scrambled eggs, then pecorino, salt and pepper. That’s it. No cream to speak of.

Yes, egg yolk! There is no cream in carbonara.

My house!

In all seriousness, though, all the Italian food in the US is really Americanized (although I guess this goes for every international cuisine), even the restaurants owned by actual Italians (most are not). Even the high-end ones that everyone just HAS to get a reservation for.

They cater to the American palate-such as putting cream in Carbonara (an absolute no-no in Italy, but Amercans love cream!). Alfredo is not Italian (another creamy dish). Italians NEVER, EVER eat spaghetti with meatballs (or any type of meat with pasta-they are separate courses).

Italian is arguably the most common cuisine available, but nothing beats a home-cooked meal made the real way. Go to Italy and taste the difference.

Source: am Italian.

Agree. I hate stop and shop. Whole Foods is cheaper for organic, fresh produce. Stop and shop charges more for rotten, non-organic produce.

Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods is going into the new development off of 691 in Cheshire. We aren’t sure which, but one of them is. Heard from someone on the zoning board via Facebook. It’s literally the perfect spot, and about time that we had one. Milford, west Hartford and Danbury are all 30+mins away.