Must-do culinary experiences in Italy should include fresh pasta, hand-tossed pizza and gelato, but also the very unique and often seasonal specialties that define the country’s distinct cities and regions. In northern Italy, order unique pesto pasta in Liguria, Chianti and cantuccini almond cookies in Tuscany, risotto in Venice, and stuffed pastas, balsamic vinegar and culatello salami with sparkling Lambrusco in Emilia Romagna, arguably Italy’s richest food culture. Naples is known as the birthplace of pizza, while there’s also pizza bianco and Roman street food in Rome. Further south, try limoncello in Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast, focaccia Pugliese in Bari and fresh seafood in Sicily, also the birthplace of the cannoli.