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this might have been my favorite stop on our european tour. derek and i realized that the trip from venice to florence would take us through bologna and derek loves a good bolognese sauce. a quick internet check found the ny times' 36 hours in bologna and all'osteria bottega. an adorable restaurant in a tiny alley with miniscule parking spots (good thing derek is an expert parallel parker). the proprietor didn't speak a lot of english but was completely charming. she gestured a lot whenever she spoke to us in italian and in response, i nodded and smiled a lot. so she continued to speak to me in italian charades. we ordered salumi, melanzane parmigiana, tagliatelle with onion ragu, and of course pasta with bolognese sauce. everything was perfectly prepared and delicious. and when the proprietor served the melanzane parmigiana, she kept saying "no fritto" and patting her stomach, which i took to mean that her traditional preparation of eggplant parmigiana is healthier than the fried american version!
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