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Rome, Italy
6 dishes to eat in Rome, what is in them, and where they belong.
Pecorino romano and black pepper emulsified with pasta water. Three ingredients and very easily done badly.
Guanciale, egg yolk, pecorino and pepper. No cream, and a restaurant that adds it is cooking for tourists.
Fried rice balls with a mozzarella core, sold in pizzerias and takeaway windows.
Rectangular pizza sold by weight and cut with scissors, eaten standing.
Whole artichokes flattened and deep-fried until the leaves crisp, from the Jewish Ghetto.
Bright, mounded gelato piled high is aerated and industrial. Look for muted colours in covered steel tins.
