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Mangia!
Cooking Authentic Italian
By Jacqueline Rupp
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Olive oil is extremely healthy and can really be incorporated into many of your everyday meals. Extra virgin, meaning the first cold pressing of the olives, can be eaten with bread, on a salad or with pasta. "And you don't have to pay a lot for a good quality olive oil," Sanders says. "Look for a clear light green color in extra virgin oil. It is best to try several varieties to find one you like. Some bottles can cost upwards of $30 or $40, but you really don't need to spend more than $10."
A simple but satisfying lunch can consist simply of a good warmed Italian sliced bread with a plate of olive oil topped with some grated dry cheese, coarse salt and freshly cracked pepper. Pure olive oil is a grade lower and has a distinctive yellow gold color. You can use it in cooking when saut訮g, frying or roasting.
If you ever visit the famous Philadelphia Italian Market, you will be amazed at the array of sights, sounds and, of course, smells. There are few places that can boast as many Italian delicacies in one locale this side of the Mediterranean. And tere are few places that can claim to have as many cheeses in one place as the Italian Market institution of Di Bruno Brother's House of Cheese. With literally hundreds of varieties on display and ripe for the sampling, this stop along Philly's 9th Street is nothing short of a cheese lover's dream come true.