Today we visited Parma - it is about an hour outside of Bologna and very beautiful (hell, what isn’t beautiful in Italy?). For those of you who do not know, Parma is the home of Prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano Reggiano. We use both of these wonderful foods at Tutta Bella. In fact we visited the actual Salumificio and Caseificio that makes these products that we import to Seattle. The employees that we met and spoke with were very shocked that we as an “American Restaurant” would take the time to visit the source of some of our ingredients. It was hard for them to comprehend, but they were very gracious and appreciative. Carlo at La Perla (the Salumificio) was a true Italian character.
Our guide for the day was Elena who works for Academia Barilla - they help source food for Merlino Foods (one of our importers in Seattle). I will definitely post a blog about Carlo and Elena as they both were unique and fabulous in their own ways. After spending most of the day in Parma, we headed back to Bologna via the Train - fast, comfortable, and affordable. Buon Appetito!
Today we visited Parma - it is about an hour outside of Bologna and very beautiful (hell, what isn’t beautiful in Italy?). For those of you who do not know, Parma is the home of Prosciutto di Parma and Parmigiano Reggiano. We use both of these wonderful foods at Tutta Bella. In fact we visited the actual Salumificio and Caseificio that makes these products that we import to Seattle. The employees that we met and spoke with were very shocked that we as an “American Restaurant” would take the time to visit the source of some of our ingredients. It was hard for them to comprehend, but they were very gracious and appreciative. Carlo at La Perla (the Salumificio) was a true Italian character.
Our guide for the day was Elena who works for Academia Barilla - they help source food for Merlino Foods (one of our importers in Seattle). I will definitely post a blog about Carlo and Elena as they both were unique and fabulous in their own ways. After spending most of the day in Parma, we headed back to Bologna via the Train - fast, comfortable, and affordable. Buon Appetito!
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