Do they supersize in Italy?
That’s right…the land that invented chicken cacciatore is now home to the McItaly, a new McDonald’s burger. A government official, who went to the grand unveiling in Rome, said the “sandwich has great ambitions.”
The burger is made with beef from Italy, and topped with artichoke spread and asiago cheese.
At first, I agreed with many critics, one of whom (Matthew Fort at the Guardian) called the burgers “a monstrous act of national betrayal.”
But isn’t that just a touch dramatic? I know that other than eating food, being dramatic is many an Italian’s other favorite pastime, but still…Can’t an Italian have some fast food now and again?