1. Home Econs Project Presentation
for home based learning.
Country we are doing on is: Italy

2. Food practices
• Preferred cooking
methods
• Pots and pans on
stove.

3. Food practices
• Key ingredients

4. Dining etiquettes
• Remain standing until invited to sit down. You may be
shown to a particular seat.
• Table manners are Continental -- the fork is held in the
left hand and the knife in the right while eating.
• Follow the lead of the hostess - she sits at the table first,
starts eating first, and is the first to get up at the end of
the meal.
• The host gives the first toast.

5. Dining etiquettes
• An honoured guest should return the toast later in the meal.
• Women may offer a toast.
• Always take a small amount at first so you can be cajoled into accepting a
second helping.
• Do not keep your hands in your lap during the meal; however, do not rest
your elbows on the table either.
• It is acceptable to leave a small amount of food on your plate.
• Pick up cheese with your knife rather than your fingers.
• If you do not want more wine, leave your wineglass nearly full.

6. Dining Prohibitions and Taboos
• They do not like fast foods like Mac
Donald’s.
• They do not like food that is overpowering
and not fresh, meaning they like simple
food.

7. Food related to festivals
• Asti’s festival of festivals.
• great food and wine national event that
takes place in Asti on the second Sunday
of September

8. The end
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