The year was 2019. I was reading the daily news online when I discovered that the pizzaiolo, from one of my favorite Italian spots, had been arrested.
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Storie italiane all’estero: pizza, mafia e latitanza
Correva l’anno 2019. Sto leggendo le notizie del giorno online e scopro che arrestano il pizzaiolo di uno dei miei locali italiani preferiti.
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Why Is Food So Bad In Holland?
I remember it as if it was yesterday. I had just landed in Schiphol and felt ready to embark in my new life journey in the country.
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Perché si mangia male in Olanda?
Me lo ricordo ancora come se fosse ieri. Ero appena atterrata a Schiphol e pronta ad intraprendere la mia vita in Olanda.
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Waarom deze blog?
Toen ik in het inmiddels verre 2015 naar Nederland verhuisde, had ik echt nog geen flauw idee hoe ik mijn weg moest vinden in de Nederlandse eetcultuur.
Jonge Italianen waren er destijds trouwens nauwelijks in Den Haag. De Italiaanse “community” bestond toen vooral uit landgenoten die in de jaren ’60 waren geëmigreerd en een handjevol specialisten met een familie.
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Why This Blog?
When I arrived in the Netherlands back in 2015, I didn’t have a clue how to navigate the culinary culture here.
At the time, there weren’t many young Italians in The Hague. The Italian “community” was mostly made up of immigrants from the 1960s and niche professionals with families.
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Perché questo blog?
Quando sono arrivata nei Paesi Bassi nell’ormai lontano 2015, non avevo alcuna idea su come navigarmi nella cultura culinaria qui.
Di italiani giovani, all’epoca, non ce n’erano molti a Den Haag. La “comunità” italiana era composta da emigrati negli anni ’60 e da professionisti di nicchia con famiglia.
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