Real Italian Food

Living in Italy I have been spoiled by the discovery of what real Italian food is compared to what is served in North American so called Italian restaurants. On a recent trip to Canada I abstained from going to those Italian restaurants, one look at the menu posted outside and I realize that it was fantasy Italian adapted for untrained and undisciplined palates. Here are some pictures of real Italian food served in Italy.
A warning there is no pictures of spaghetti and meat balls because it is not Italian.

salad of cherry tomatoes with capers and anchovies

Cuti a very good white Sicilian wine

semi-freddo with marmalade of pickled oranges

Ravioli Trapani Style

Spaghetti with shrimps and clams

a personal favorite, warm mash potato salad with octopus and Italian parsley
the potatoes are mashed with a spicy olive oil, no butter or cream is used.

Cod on a pumpkin purée

Breakfast foods in Ragusa

Said to be the best Ice cream shop in all Sicily and Italy, Ragusa Ibla

Gelato of Beets, delicious, who knew you could make ice cream from beets

Sicilian cheeses advertised by a cheese shop in Ragusa

Marmalades and pickled jams as accompanying regional cheeses

the Sicilian cheese plate

 Fish croquettes

 Seared tuna served with cherry tomatoes and balsamic vinegar

 endives and pesto salad

 green beans and giant shrimp salad

paté of eggplant in a tomato coulis with ricotta cheese

goose liver carpaccio