"Parmese say you eat twice: first at the table, then by talking about it."

so true. i wonder if we'll ever get sick of eating and talking about food. hopefully not. probably not.

the quote comes from Patrick Symmes in this article i found about emilia romagna region, where we are studying and living, and the food that comes from here.

"It's Italy's unsung region, yet its food has conquered the world—or at least the table. Think prosciutto di Parma, Parmesan, porcini, and half of all pastas known to man (just for starters). The source of its power? Po Valley dirt—fine, dense, almost chocolately , accumulated over millennia."

i like it.