The term "Northern Italian" has long been more of a marketing tool rather than an accurate descriptor of a restaurant. It is term that is supposed to denote some level of sophistication, at least in regards to the typical Italian restaurant. At least that is how it has been used for much of the past thirty-five or forty years when "Northern Italian" first began to appear on marquees, menus, advertisements and reviews.

But, I thought that it would be fun to test the accuracy of the assertion of "Northern Italian" by testing one restaurant's menu. The one selected is Rossini's in Manhattan, "Northern Italian Cuisine since 1978" about which even the Zagat editor noted its "Northern Italian" cuisine. Rossini's just happened to appear on the first page of search results for "Northern Italian restaurant."

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