Italy is a country famous for variety of cuisines and cooking techniques. Italian cooking is supposed to be the worlds richest and the produces most diversified food for every occasion. Italian cuisines are popular not only within the country but are gaining popularity and are liked by most population of the rest of the countries. Italian cuisines are generally cooked in restaurants, homes, and in cooking schools and culinary colleges. The main ingredients of the Italian dishes are the vegetables, grains, and legumes. Tomato is preferred in most of the Italian cuisines. Butter is used in the north part of Italy and olive oil is used in South. Pasta and Pizza are famous Italian dishes. Wine is also taken with most of the Italian cuisines.

There are many culinary art schools and culinary institutes that offer culinary education to the children who are food lovers and want to make career in food industry. The professional chefs guide students well about the Italian cooking methodology and give them tips about the ingredients and flavors of different Italian cuisines. The cooking schools in Italy help students to:

- Study and prepare mouth-watering Italian cuisines
- Learn about selection of ingredients ( fish and vegetable market)
- Wine tasting session
- Attend olive oil seminars

The culinary institutes of Italy are affiliated to culinary Universities and prepare aspiring chefs to cook healthy and delicious cuisines in a short time. There are a good number of cooking courses in cooking schools that provide certificate of attendance, chef’s hat and apron, and all the recipies to each participant on completion of the course. The cooking programs are based on using distinguished methods of preparation of food by using fresh herbs and freshest ingredients. The experienced chefs make students familiar with the kitchen equipments and give them practical experience of preparing Italian cuisines.

Some of the Italian cuisines include dishes such as:

- Chicken Marsala
- Italian Pizza
- Italian Pasta (Lemony tuna pasta, Bacon pasta, Chicken pasta salad )
- Voodoo Chicken Penne
- Penne with Vodka Sauce and Capicola
- Tiramisu layer Cake
- Meaty Speghetti Sauce
- Cinnamon Hazelnut Biscotti
- Italian scallop and shrimp salad