Italian cuisine has been voted the best in the world (only eighth for French cuisine). Pizza boom

The best Italian cuisine in the world. This is stated not by any lover of local food, but by the digital gastronomic guide TasteAtlas. Or rather, all its numerous users on the basis of the votes assigned to the most popular dishes, products and drinks in each country. In this sense, to make the boot gain the top of the classification with a total score of 4.72 (out of a maximum of 5) were some of his most famous specialties: first of all the Pizza (with a special mention for that ofAncient Pizzeria da Michele of Naples), followed by the risottogive her tagliatelle with bolognese saucefrom the pasta carbonaracome on ravioligive it gnocchi and from tiramisu. Driven by gyros, souvlaki and moussaka, it then occupies the second position there Greece (4.69). They complete the podium Spain and Japan, tied at 4.59. Fifth theIndia (4.54).

The criteria used

Not all, such as France (in eighth position together with Peru and the United States), have taken the ranking drawn up by the portal well. Vox populi vox dei, they claimed for the Latins. In this sense, it was the platform itself that clarified i criteria with which the voting took place. We are a site dedicated to traditional local dishes with a database of over 15,000 dishes and ingredients – recites a tweets published on Christmas Eve –. Over the course of the year, people rate those foods (not cuisines) in our database. Some grades are recognized by our system as invalid (such as “nationalist votes”: people give high marks to their dishes and low marks to those of neighboring countries. We do not count those marks). At the end of the year, we take the average of the most voted dishes in each kitchen (so France is not penalized by frogs). And that’s all.

Minister Lollobrigida’s comment

For us this primacy is one certainty foreverbut the umpteenth confirmation of how our traditional dishes are considered a symbol of the highest quality throughout the planet cannot but please – wrote the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry on Facebook Francesco Lollobrigida. – At the international level, the Italy system is one absolute guarantee of excellence: this is the awareness with which we carry on our action to promote Made in Italy. We continue to defend and value ours national heritage.

The best restaurants

Finally, the TasteAtlas ranking also includes the most popular places in each country. In the case of Italy, those not to be missed to try true tricolor cuisine are theOsteria Madonnetta in Marostica (Vicenza), Amerigo since 1934 in Savigno (Bologna), Devetak inn 1870 in San Michele del Carso (Gorizia), Tripe restaurant in Milan, the Our Lady of the Snow restaurant in Cessole (Asti), Krbishof in Anterivo (Bolzano), theAntica Trattoria and Pizzeria da Donato in Naples, the Inn of the Arch in Cissone (Cuneo), the Cottage of Secrets in Treia (Macerata) and Pepe Zullo in Orsara di Puglia, in the Foggia area (at this link the full list). Authentic temples of taste to preserve and enhance a tradition which, as decreed by users, really seems to have no equal.