23 Spicy Meatball Memes for National Meatball Day (March 9, 2024)

Meatballs are the bread and butter of Italian-American cuisine. Or would that be bread and olive oil? Or garlic bread? No matter… meatballs are a staple. When you first think of pasta, you might think of a pile of spaghetti topped with glorious brown balls and a river of red sauce. When you first think …
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‘You mama’d your last-a mia’: 30 Italian Memes Guarantied to Gaba Your Gool

Italians are such a vital part of meme culture. Well, maybe it’d be more accurate to say non-Italian stereotypes about Italians are prime meme fodder and have been for years. We are constantly parodying Italian hand gestures because they are just that superior. We can’t shut up about pasta and pizza and how Americans have …
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‘You mama’d your last-a mia’: 30 Italian Memes Guaranteed to Gaba Your Gool

Italians are such a vital part of meme culture. Well, maybe it’d be more accurate to say non-Italian stereotypes about Italians are prime meme fodder and have been for years. We are constantly parodying Italian hand gestures because they are just that superior. We can’t shut up about pasta and pizza and how Americans have …
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9 Ways to Avoid Being an ‘Annoying American’ When Vacationing This Summer to Europe

American tourists are notorious in other countries. We’re boisterous, we wear athleisure clothing for every occasion, and we just don’t get the social cues of any other Western country. In fact, Americans are such terrible nuisances in European countries that most locals will gladly accept our tips then go talking trash with their coworkers about …
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Italian Memes For Proud Italian Americans

Italians get a lot of slack from Americans. Or at least, they used to. Italians used to be one of the most marginalized groups of immigrants in the 1800s and 1900s. However, as time has passed, the barriers to entering most industries have vanished for the children and grandchildren of Italian immigrants. One thing hasn’t …
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A Hot and Steamy Bowl of Pasta Memes For National Pasta Day

I am so, so, so glad that I don’t have Celiac disease or some other kind of disorder that means I can’t eat gluten. Gluten rules. While bread takes a lot of the glutenous glory, we’re firm believers that pasta is the best gluten product by far. It’s versatile. It’s international. It’s a comforting, rib-sticking …
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Funny Memes That Celebrate & Poke Fun At Italians

Last week my hairdresser was snipping my tresses and suddenly asked me if I was Italian. The question was incredibly flattering to this Italophile who worships everything from their food and film to their disco. Unfortunately, my identity is better reflected by this tweet from a Twitter friend of mine:   

Funny Memes That Celebrate and Poke Fun At Italians

Last week my hairdresser was snipping my tresses and suddenly asked me if I was Italian. The question was incredibly flattering to this Italophile who worships everything from their food and film to their disco. Unfortunately, my identity is better reflected by this tweet from a Twitter friend of mine:   

Angry Italians Call Out Offensive Attempts At Their Cuisine

Many food publications have come under fire recently for either completely bastardizing a culture’s cuisine, or neglecting to correctly credit a dish’s influence. While we’ve enjoyed all the drama surrounding Bon Appetit’s various failings, the latest culprit of food crimes is none other than The New York Times.  The publication stoked the ire of readers back …
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33 Scathing Comments From Italians Mad At Food

Italians being obsessed with food may seem like a stereotype. Mothers and ‘Nonnas’ shoveling pasta and cured meat down your throat at Sunday dinner. Gabbagool. People screaming ‘mangia’. It all seems a bit like a trope. While we can’t speak to Italians being preoccupied by the art of eating, we are sure of one thing: …
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