Tomato The Tomato Analysis

When I started high school one of the first things I remember about that experience is my mom asking me what I wanted as a high school graduation gift. She said that over the years I was going to change my mind many times, so she wanted to give me lots of time to figure out what I wanted. Without any hesitation I told her I wanted to go to Italy. Not once did I change my mine over the years and in July 2012 my mom and I travelled to Italy. We were in Venice for five days, Verona for one day, and we spent one day in Bari. I wanted to experience the history and the culture of Italy, which of course were tied together by foods specific to Italy.
During our stay in Venice we went exploring and discovered a fresh produce market that sold produce of the best quality. The scene that Beth Archer Brombert describes in the Italian Identity textbook on page VIII is reminiscent of what I saw and felt at the produce market. The atmosphere was charged with locals shopping for fresh produce and with tourists mingling in-between. The combination of languages added to the ambiance. The intense colors, freshness and the smells of the produce was intoxicating. In the reading The Food of Italy on page nine it states, “To many Italians, food shopping is

As Jason Spiehler stated in the video The History of the Tomato the tomato is “the most distinctive ingredient of Italian cuisine.” Without the use of fresh tomatoes in my sauce my meal would not have been half as flavourful, or as visually appealing. When talking about the tomato Spiehler also stated “The Italians always insist upon the freshness, the quality which leads to the most amazing taste as these are some of the finest in the world.” This attention to using the best and freshest tomatoes in their cooking makes Italian food something that I could eat every day, which is probably one of the reasons their food has survived the test of time over