“Fortunately the Italian people has not yet accustomed itself to eat many times a day, and possessing a modest level of living, it feels deficiency and suffering less.”

—  Benito Mussolini

Carol F. Helstosky, Garlic and Oil: Food and Politics in Italy (2006)
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