Mobissimo

I was in Italy earlier this summer and sampled the fine cuisine that such culinary luminaries like Firenze, Lucca, Modena offered. It was a gastronomic love sonnet in my gullet, one that I will not forget, nor will the writer at the NYTimes.

MY kind of pig heaven looks a lot like Bologna’s fatty heart. In northern Italy, the culinary pleasures of the Piedmont region compete with those of nearby Emilia-Romagna. Above, the Tamburini shop in Bologna. In the shops along and around Via Drapperie, haunches of cured ham dangle far into the distance. Coils of pork sausage spiral high into the sky. Bologna is the capital of Emilia-Romagna, and the region of Emilia-Romagna sees the beauty in swine, as the affiliation of one of its cities with a world-renowned delicacy makes clear. Here lies the plump mother lode of prosciutto di Parma.

Many a stomach has been satisfied in northern Italy, why not yours? Flights to Milan are only $450 from NYC, that's ridiculous, with all the money you're saving, you could pack your bag full of non-gel or liquid food items.