Audacious Italian Dishes

September, 1955

Audacious Italian DishesPlayboy's food & drink editorIt's not the art,it's the audacity that makes Italian cooking.No subtle souffles,no sensitive sauce,no humble herbs are tolerated at the Italian table.Instead you will meet sausages fiery as Vesuvius,cheese as hard as the Apennine Mountains,coffee blacker than a Neapolitan night and hotter than Venice at high noon.Where but among the Italians will you find people celebrating the holidays by eating that modest delicacy,the octopus?Watch an Ital...