Giulia Scarpaleggia

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Cooking with an Italian accent · Learning a language through food · 11 Aug 2026 podcast

perfectly you know to the same amount of tomatoes in the u.s and you want to use the whole can not to leave you know a drop of it or even the size of pasta boxes usually in italy is 500 grams yeah while it's uh you know 453 if translated to the standard u.s size

interesting when you have to translate a recipe because often is a translation of a whole cultural system, not just of the grams. And sometimes also what is an odd quantity for us or for the other culture, it's completely normal.

So if my 60 grams of parmigiano correspond to, like in Omses, I would say 60 grams. While if I need to translate the half a cup, it can be 63 grams. But we wouldn't find 63 grams in an Italian recipe. We would say 60 or 65 grams.

While if you want to be precise, when you convert the tablespoon and the cups for the American system, it's completely normal to say 63 grams, which is not for us. Yeah, I find this so fascinating every time. Yes.

So let's talk about Italian sayings or expressions related to food in the kitchen. Whenever I use parsley in a cooking class, I explain the expression, sei come il prezzemolo, that is also in your book. So can you explain these and also other expressions related to food that you like?

That's another good one. Yeah, that's a fun one. And let's talk about pronunciation, because as it is difficult, like my most difficult thing to pronounce and to like just to stress the difference is pronunciation.

butter and butter. I cannot pronounce it. So one is the, you know, the stick of butter that you use to fry things. The other thing is the butter that you make mixing beer, water and flour to dip things and fry. But there are words that are also difficult to pronounce in Italian.

And all of this is in your upcoming book. So it's out this summer. And can you tell us a little bit more about your book and how it connects Italian language and culture?

And I have to say, I had an advanced copy and it's really fun to read. So it's really enjoyable. So if you love food and you love the Italian language, you can really enjoy this book. So my final question is, are there any tips you would like to share with those learning the Italian language? Yes. So if you are a complete beginner, my first tip would be to focus on pronunciation first.

And her brand new book Ciao

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