I MISS ITALY!!!

"HOW does Rome taste? An odd question perhaps, but the sort that comes to mind when I read travel accounts that define cities by sights and sounds, colors and tempo. What about the flavor, I wonder, meaning that more literally than figuratively."

What an amazing article. I was in Rome for three weeks a couple years ago, when I was broke and unsure of whether or not I had a job waiting for me after the MBA. I was there as a "dorm mom" for a bunch of undergraduates. But I remember finding hole in the wall restaurants that were just heavenly. Pasta steaming with grated black truffle, true eggy carbonara, attentive waiters, endless wine...

Read the article, your mouth will water. :)