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Tampa Bay, June 24, 2009 -- Spaghetti, probably the first image that comes to your mind when you hear “Italian food.”  For some, it may be the extent of their knowledge of cuisine from the Mediterranean nation.  It’s easy to oversimplify traditional courses when you’re in the melting pot of the world.  But what then is authentic Italian food?  Piero Caramella, a veteran Italian restaurateur and his partner, Dmitry Lisovitsky, recently flew in an award-winning Italian chef from Italy to help create the hallmark of true authentic Italian cuisine for their new venture, Divino.