Following Petrarchan Paths in Italy

A wheel of aged Parmesan in its namesake city!

by Saxon Henry

Human suffering. Unrequited Love. Not likely the first two descriptions you’d think of when identifying the Italian town lauded for inventing prosciutto and Parmesan cheese, I bet! Though I enjoyed more than my fair share of these gastronomic marvels during a recent trip to Parma, Italy, one of my greatest pleasures was spending three days channeling the despondent state of mind for which Petrarch, one of the town’s most famous forme...