Around Italy: Emilia Romagna, Italy’s Great Food Valley of Motor Legends, Medieval Cities, and Unmatched Culinary Tradition Emilia Romagna stretches from the Apennines to the Adriatic and contains some of Italy’s most important cities, foods, industries, and cultural traditions. Bologna, Parma, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Ferrara, Ravenna, Rimini, and Piacenza each have distinct identities, yet together they form one of the country’s richest regions. Bologna Bologna is often descr

Parmigiano Reggiano Few Italian products are more misunderstood than Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano. Outside Italy, they are often treated as interchangeable cheeses. In reality, they are two distinct products with different histories, different production rules, different territories, different feeding regulations for dairy cows, different aging requirements, and noticeably different flavors. To understand why they are different, it is necessary to travel back nearly o