Now that it’s October and vacation seems far away, I console myself by remembering Italy. The photo above is of a place we stayed outside Parma, the Antica Corte Pallavicina. It’s an old tax station on the Po River refurbished by well known chef Massimo Spigaroli and turned into an inn cum restaurant where they serve the culatello ham (from black pigs) and, of course, parmagiano. They took Sheryl, Madeleine and me to a parmagiano factory to see how the great cheese was made, photo below:
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October 12th, 2009 4:11 pm
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1. Minerva:Thanks for this. Been back two months now (though not to Parma last time) and was feeling wistful…
Oct 12, 2009 - 6:02 pm 2. Mario:Been back 2 weeks from this place:
Oct 13, 2009 - 11:49 am 3. Alan Kellogg:http://www.castelletto.it/
I had that wistful feeling too until I opened my Amex bill. Oh well, it was worth every pumped-up Euro.
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Today the Italian government announced that the whole of the Italian penninsula, plus the islands of Sardinia and Sicily will be made a national forest; once the population of Italy falls below 10,000. Once this occurs (expected sometime in 2020) all remaining Italians will be hired by the Italian government to administer the Italian National Forest and provide for the needs of tourists.
With the exception of national monuments, tourist draws, and the infrastructure needed to maintain this, all buildings will be allow to decay; with the occasional building becoming the site of archeological or paleontological excavation.
Rumors that Italy will be following in the footsteps of Russia have been discredited, since Moscow has already planned to simply abandon the place and make the Americans deal with it as the world’s largest ever superfund site.
Rumors have been denied that Italy will be sold to the US for three cents an acre.
Oct 13, 2009 - 1:33 pm 4. Michael:Been back now THREE days… Was at the exact same Villa with Massimo, and he gave us a demonstration of how one makes a Culatello ham, from start to finish. He is quite the Artisan. Oh how I miss the worlds greatest coffee…
Oct 13, 2009 - 7:43 pm