This area of Pennsylvania is covered with gently rolling hills and rich earth, and it is the perfect place for farmers, which the Pennsylvania Dutch are. Cookbook author Betty Groff wrote of the farms of the area, "Their vegetable and flower gardens are so lush and immaculate that they could be mistaken for a horticultural college's test plots" (Groff 2)
' Many of them, especially the 'plain people,' are still that. They have never been afraid of hard work or of getting their hands dirty" (Klees 192)
These adjustments provide the student with a much broader experience than would be acquired with a domestic internship, where such considerations do not exist. Additionally, the overseas internship signals to prospective employers that the student is willing and able to deal with adversity in order to improve themselves (Curran, 2009)
As such, it will be difficult to learn about Italian food without some degree of immersion in Italian culture. Understanding the nuances of Italian culture and the ways in which food relates to that is best done in Italy, interacting with both Italian chefs and Italian diners (De Sanctis, 2006)