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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Interview by John Brunton

A local’s guide to Parma, Italy: city of cheese, ham and stunning baroque buildings

Chiostri di San Giovanni, Parma
Chiostri di San Giovanni, a 10th-century monastery that is the perfect place to listen to a choral concert. Illustration: Hennie Haworth/the Guardian

Food

Food in Parma is all about our unique products – parmesan cheese, Parma ham – and the way we prepare them, as antipasti or as fillings for pasta. The best quality is found at the traditional salumerie and cheese shops on Piazza Ghiaia. Cibivari, half a mile away on Strada XXII Luglio, is a bakery and deli recently opened by the dynamic Roberta Boni, using local, seasonal produce in simple home cooking – focaccia, aubergine parmigiana. Take it away for a picnic or eat in at one of the small tables.

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