Best Boston Insalata
 

The best italian salads combine the various regional flavors to contrast each other and create the most unique blends of bitter and sweet tastes available from italy.

• Northern italian insalata is less common, as the land is mountainous and more suited for shepherding and otherwise handling livestock than it is for agriculture. Mushrooms are very common in northern insalata when it is made, however.
  
  
• Southern italian insalata is based in combinations of local vegetables like tomatoes, eggplant, cauliflower, and broccoli raab, due to the region's history of poverty and the longer growing seasons. Vegetables are mixed with renowned local cheeses, like mozzarella, caciocavallo, and provolone.
  
  
• Central italian insalata is what most people think of when they imagine authentic italian food: fresh pastas, cheeses, vinaigrettes, oils, and spices. Insalata in central italy is also generally creamier and richer than elsewhere.