Italy will always have the best food.

Attributed to fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, the line is a sweeping, affectionate claim about Italian cuisine’s enduring supremacy. Read less as a measurable fact than as a statement of taste and cultural admiration, it reflects how “Italy” often functions as shorthand for a culinary ideal: regional tradition, high-quality ingredients, and a strong everyday food culture. The word “always” intensifies the sentiment into something like a personal credo—suggesting that, regardless of trends or new gastronomic capitals, Italy remains her benchmark for pleasure and authenticity at the table.