You're Pronouncing These Italian Foods Completely Wrong

By Lee Breslouer

Published on 6/25/2015 at 12:05 AM

Flickr/Dave Crosby (edited)
Flickr/Dave Crosby (edited)

Before you can graduate from Olive Garden's endless breadstick basket, you need to know how to actually say your entree choice. Pointing at the menu and hoping the server says it first can only get you so far. To keep you from looking totally dumb during your next OG trip, we created this handy pronunciation guide to popular Italian dishes -- the way Italians say them. Now go order that bruschetta because you're an adult, dammit, and it's time to eat food you actually have to pay for and know how to say.

gnocchi
Sean Cooley/Thrillist
braesaola
Sean Cooley/Thrillist
bolognese
Flickr/imipolexg (EDITED)
espresso
Dan Gentile/Thrillist
antipasto
Flickr/Nicole Lee (EDITED)
biscotti
Flickr/pathlost (EDITED)
Flickr/alpha (edited)
bruschetta
Drew Wood/Thrillist
capraccio
Andy Kryza/Thrillist
cioppino
Flickr/Joel Abroad (EDITED)
amatriciana
Flickr/judywitts (EDITED)
mascarpone
Flickr/David Erickson (EDITED)
frutti di mare
Flickr/Dorina Palombi (EDITED)
Shutterstock / Jennifer Bui/Thrillist
minestrone
Flickr/Ronja Nilsson (EDITED)
porchetta
Flickr/Niklas Morberg (EDITED)
pizzaiolo
Flickr/Jean-Christophe (EDITED)

Lee Breslouer is a senior writer for Thrillist and speaks fluent English. Follow him to tweets in that language: @LeeBreslouer.