From Italy, with porchetta

Are you in the mood for tacos? If you are in Tuscany or Umbria you are out of luck.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • July 30, 2015
Are you in the mood for tacos? If you are in Tuscany or Umbria you are out of luck. Tacos aren’t really a thing here, although I did recently run across a nachos specialist in Florence. What you will find, especially on back roads around...
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