"ViLco" ha scritto nel messaggio
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> The philosophy he follows is to get the best ingredients
>> possible, treat them with respect, and present them in a way which
>> highlights their qualities.
>
> That's the mantra every cook is repeating nowadays in Italy, someone lies
> > and someone is telling the truth, and it's also the typical endline of a
> > good part of the positive restaurant reviews I read here and there, from
> printed paper to TV to internet.> And the same words will be used even if
> the dishes were all totally exaggerated, LOL, these "journalists".
> --
> Vilco

I was hoping you would weigh in with a definition of exaggerated as provided
by an Italiano puro sangue.
Too bad you are so far away. There is a Milanese Couchsurfing here
Wednesday so we are planning a supper to make Umbria look good.