Those of us who travel with lust for landscapes and ethnic culture must admit, at the very top of the list, is a desire to sample the local cuisine.

My trip to Emilia-Romagna was precisely about food and this region's reputation for "the best".

This photographic travel diary notes the culinary pleasures I experienced in Bologna, Parma, Modena, and Imola and other joys that happened because of the adventures to these cities.