One of my favorite parts of traveling in Italy was that the waiters who weren’t at all shy about telling you not to order what you were asking for, and instead

One of my favorite parts of traveling in Italy was that the waiters who weren’t at all shy about telling you not to order what you were asking for, and instead go with something they thought was better. And it was invariably excellent. It’s much easier for them to shrug and let you make bad choices, so I’m very grateful when someone does that for me.