https://doismiu.blog/tags/food/Recent content in Food on doismiu - dispatches from the infernal archiveHugoen-usSat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://doismiu.blog/posts/borderless-bites-is-italian-gastronomy-really-all-that/Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://doismiu.blog/posts/borderless-bites-is-italian-gastronomy-really-all-that/<p>A few months ago, if you had asked me to name the best food in the world, I would have said Brazil and Spain without thinking. I was raised Brazilian on Spanish soil, so my palate grew up between the two. Brazil has flavor and comfort; Spain is all about the ingredient, from tapas in Madrid to seafood in Galicia. I thought I had already eaten the best.</p> <p>Then I moved to Italy, specifically to Genoa, between the Ligurian Sea and the mountains, where the smell of basil and focaccia from the oven seems to fill the city. The question everyone asks: is Italian gastronomy really everything people say?</p>