Italian-Argentine Foodways

Diaspora

Between 1880 and 1930 Argentina took in around six million immigrants against a population that was tiny to begin with, and roughly half were ITALIAN — which is why perhaps sixty per cent of Argentines have Italian ancestry and why the food is what it is. MILANESA, ubiquitous, and milanesa napolitana — ⚠ invented in BUENOS AIRES, at a restaurant called Nápoli, and Neapolitan in name only. PIZZA in a dense Buenos Aires style with a thick crust and a great deal of cheese, plus FUGAZZETA with onion. Ñoquis on the 29th of the month with money under the plate. Pasta, fainá, helado in the Italian manner. ⚠ THIS IS ARGENTINE FOOD, not Italian food abroad.

What is recorded

Milanesa napolitana was created in Buenos Aires, reportedly at a restaurant named Nápoli, and is Neapolitan in name only. Italian-Argentine foodways are recorded as Argentine, with Italian origins named, rather than as Italian food abroad. documented

Around six million immigrants arrive in Argentina, roughly half of them Italian. documented