IT’S DINNER TIME and I’ve stopped at Masticabrodo, a roadside trattoria in the countryside outside Parma. A large, smiling woman begins to list the day’s freshly made pastas. Would I like to start with a bowl of tortellini in brodo (little cushions of egg pasta in homemade meat broth), or …

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