Trattoria: Difference between revisions

[[Image:Al Borgat 1.jpg|thumb|250px|A characteristic trattoria in [[Tolmezzo]], [[Friuli]]]]▼

A traditional trattoria would generally provide no printed menu, casual service, wine sold by the [[decanter]] rather than the bottle, and low prices, with an emphasis on a steady clientele rather than on [[haute cuisine]]. The food tended to be modest but plentiful (mostly following regional and local recipes),<ref name="CapattiMontanari2003">{{cite book|last1=Capatti|first1=Alberto |last2=Montanari|first2=Massimo |title=Italian Cuisine: A Cultural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5axRXlLOlAC|year=2003|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-50904-6|pages=230–232}}</ref> sometimes even served family-style, at common tables. Trattorias that are faithful to this tradition have become fewer in recent decades. Many have adopted some of the trappings of restaurants, with just a few concessions to the old rustic and familial style. The name 'trattoria' has also been adopted by some high-level restaurants.<ref name=treccani/>▼

Optionally, trattoria food could be bought in containers to be taken home. Etymologically, the word is [[cognate]] with the [[French language|French]] term [[Traiteur (culinary profession)|''traiteur'']]<ref name=pianigiani>{{cite encyclopedia |title=trattóre |encyclopedia=Vocabolario Etimologico di Pianigiani |year=1909 |publisher=[via Dizionario Etimologico Online] | language=it |url=http://www.etimo.it/?cmd=id&id=18684&md=059110df77cac39603a354dc4cf8fb25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718155323/http://www.etimo.it/?cmd=id&id=18684&md=059110df77cac39603a354dc4cf8fb25 | archivedate=18 July 2019 |id= }}</ref> (a caterer providing [[take-out|take-out food]]). Its etymology has also been linked to the Latin term, ''littera tractoria'', which referred to a letter ordering provision of food and drink for officials traveling on the business of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].<ref name=pianigiani/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Colonna |first=Barbara |title=tràrre |encyclopedia=Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana |year=1997 |publisher=Newton & Compton |location=Genoa | language=it | page=387 | isbn=88-8129-796-5 }}</ref> ▼

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