Bueno Sera Parmigiana!

Beautiful landscapes, ancient ruins, full bodied wine, creamy gelato; it was all we ever imagined. Our vacation to Italy made us thirsting for more sweet wine and salty meats . We may have gained 10 lbs along the way, and I may just look like a pregnant man in his third trimester, but it was all worth it. I would impregnate myself with the magical homemade pasta and fresh mozzarella that we ate along the way 100 times over.

We learned so much of the culture from the designer prada bags to the high fashioned

cobblestone roads in Milan. The food though, shined above the rest. We ate till it hurt, and it

hurt oh so good. In fact, we realized that if we kept at our vacation eating pace we'd be dead in a matter of weeks. Our stomachs have expanded like an obese man who swallowed a fat baby. We loved every second of it though. Sadists? Maybe. Glutonists? Definitely. Impregnating a man with spaghetti? Hopefully.

But I digress. Our Italian food adventures ranged from homemade linguini to T-bone steaks. From expresso that made my heart feel like it was going to explode like dynamite to gelato that i wanted to smother on my bare torso. All together, it was an unbelievable food journey from the heart of tuscany through the withered air of the roman forum.