Parma

Now, since

2019, the association's headquarters have been in Parma, which is a wonderful food town in Emilia-Romagna.

And the president of the association is Cesare Carbone.

And he has also with his family a restaurant that's a Buen Recordo restaurant, the Manuelina Restaurant in Recombe.

And then the operational general secretary is Luciano Spigaroni.

And he, along with his family, has a restaurant, too, in the Parma area called Cavallino Bianco Restaurant.

Now, Lazio, in the region where Rome is, has about six restaurants, and so those are ones you might want to explore.

I haven't always gotten the dishes.

where Anne-Marie talks to international students at Bath Spa University.

And Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world.

And we nip back to Dublin for a visit where we chat with Derek and Natalie, whose long-awaited travel experience was not all it was cracked up to be.

This is an unusual setup because I am now recording in the UK for the first time, which is not what you expect with a travel podcast.

Ah, Diego Saglia, who's sitting across from me.

Being in Italy and seeing another university, it's so beautiful to see a historic building like it is.

Diego, you work at Parma University, is that right?

Yeah, I do.

That's their stamp of approval.

Parma prosciutto, same thing, stamp.

It's a

protected product that is, it's like part of the pride of their country.

But we also get some imported items.

We have the prosciuttos that come – From Italy, we have a prosciutto da Parma.

We have just a prosciutto italiano.

We have, you know, various other imported Italian meats.

Oh, nice.

Reggiano, right? What is that? It's a type of cheese from Parma.

Oh, okay.

Is Parma some city in Italy somewhere? It is.

That's

where Parmigiano-Reggiano, Parmesan cheese, that's where that's originated from.

Oh, gosh, it's a tie between Kauai and Italy.

Parma, Italy, because they ride bikes.

It's so family friendly.

They love kids there.

Every October 25th, the world puts aside its differences long enough to agree on one important principle.

Carbohydrates Deserve a Holiday World Pasta Day has been celebrated internationally since 1998, and the 2026 gathering is taking place in Parma, Italy, bringing together pasta producers, food experts, and people who presumably have extremely strong opinions about rigatoni.

Global pasta production has reached roughly 17 million tons a year, which suggests humanity may disagree about politics, economics, and whether pineapple belongs on pizza, but when someone brings out a bowl of pasta, negotiations improve dramatically.

Pasta's history is almost as tangled as a plate of spaghetti.

Where's she now?

Yeah, she's playing in Italy with Parma.

Oh, wow.

We lost her.

They're not going to pay for her to go back to Europe.

So she gets a commission from the Bishop of Pittsburgh to do copies of two Correggio altarpieces in Parma, Italy.

So now her way is paid.

She's got money coming in.

She grabs another girlfriend, runs over to Parma.

She's back in Europe by the end of 1871.

I mean, fast.

And she's in Parma and she's thrilled.