There is plenty of variety even within italian cooking... You got the Italian Alps which there are heartier meat/potato dishes, then the pasta, then so many other regions with a vast and different variety. That being said, I just love pasta, so its so easy for me to eat italian every day, but I do have a burger or steak once a week and I do like to try something ethnic OTHER than italian on a saturday or sunday night... cooking chinese at home is never the same, and eating out gets expensive, but i can honestly eat italian every day and it is something very different if you follow the "never eat the same thing twice in one week" diet... a day for pasta, day for fish, day for meat, day for veggie dishes, etc... it can't ever get boring \:\)

"There are 2 types of people in the world, Italian, and those who wish they were Italian."

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