Talk:Olive Garden

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== Citing ==
I have just sourced out this article a bit, I invite any one willing to help out to join in the fun and expand the article some more. With proper citations from reliable sources, of course. --[[User:Jerem43|Jeremy]] ([[User talk:Jerem43|blah blah]] • [[Special:Contributions/Jerem43|I did it!]]) 02:35, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

== Allegedly ==

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/04/15/what-actually-goes-on-at-olive-gardens-culinary-institute-in-tuscany/

http://gawker.com/#!5793849/olive-gardens-culinary-institute-is-a-sham [[User:Parjlarsson|Pär Larsson]] ([[User talk:Parjlarsson|talk]]) 15:58, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

:Wikipedia doesn't do "allegedly". Either it is, so it's included, or it isn't, so it isn't. In these cites I see allegations that they don't exactly have a "school" as possibly pictured in their adverts, but nothing about the development of their menus, which is what is discussed in the article. --[[User:Escape_Orbit|Escape Orbit]] [[User_talk:Escape_Orbit|(Talk)]] 16:54, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Escape_Orbit, why isn't the Time article and Reddit post referenced at all? The Time article says, "there's no school, per se" and later, "there's no school." This is, at minimum, a controversy which directly contradicts the company's advertising, and could (I think, should) be noted as such. The controversy is also covered here: http://theweek.com/article/index/214459/petty-controversy-olive-gardens-outrageous-cooking-school-sham. I would add these myself but haven't added links before to wikipedia. —Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/67.207.34.229|67.207.34.229]] ([[User talk:67.207.34.229|talk]]) 22:37, 1 May 2011 (UTC) 

==Sources==
*Shellnutt, Kate. "[http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2012/01/olive-garden-trying-to-get-diners-back-after-sales-drop/?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:646d2fce-0eaf-4ea4-9453-6abfb1eba68e Olive Garden trying to get diners back after sales drop]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. January 23, 2012.
[[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] ([[User talk:WhisperToMe|talk]]) 00:07, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

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== Extremely long term vandalism from IP editor ==

On 3 September 2013 [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olive_Garden&type=revision&diff=571398336&oldid=571397233 this edit] by IP editor 50.148.65.242 added the information that the owner of Olive Garden is Samantha Lee. This is 100% false and blatant vandalism. Now google auto completes "Samantha Lee Olive Garden owner" because of the misinformation, not sure how to rectify this vandalism. [[User:Valoem|'''Valoem''']] [[User talk:Valoem|'''talk''']] [[Special:Contributions/Valoem|'''contrib''']] 00:31, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

== Allegations of being inauthentic ==

I'm struggling to find articles, but should we mention the common perception that Olive Garden is often not liked by many for being seeing as imitation fake manufactured Italian food, not real Italian food. [[User:Ususer445|Ususer445]] ([[User talk:Ususer445|talk]]) — Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|undated]] comment added 07:45, 11 November 2021 (UTC) 
:It would need a [[WP:RS]] before it could be added, especially since that is largely a matter of opinion. --[[User:Cerebral726|Cerebral726]] ([[User talk:Cerebral726|talk]]) 15:53, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

== What's wrong with cooking pasta in salted water? ==

I'm confused by this comment "The chain also had stopped the common practice of adding salt to the water in which it cooked its pasta". Pasta should be cooked in salted water, what's the problem with that? Unless the water they used was super salty? [[User:Gymnophoria|Gymnophoria]] ([[User talk:Gymnophoria|talk]]) 13:40, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

:I think the issue is that they *stopped* putting salt on pasta to make the pots last longer / for warranty purposes. The fact that salt can damage pots is a major TIL for me, but maybe that's something that only happens when you're cooking at the scale that these guys are or the warranty clause was some made up bullshit that instead of negotiating out of, Olive Garden management simply caved to. [[Special:Contributions/167.88.84.136|167.88.84.136]] ([[User talk:167.88.84.136|talk]]) 15:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

== History Section ==

It looks like the History section needs a rework... paragraphs don't follow any chronological order and some of them make references to statements made by insiders or the press without mentioning a date. [[Special:Contributions/167.88.84.136|167.88.84.136]] ([[User talk:167.88.84.136|talk]]) 15:36, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

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