
Cioccolata calda: In Italy, hot chocolate is eaten with a spoon
A car breakdown led us unexpectedly to Parma, and there we discovered a cioccolata calda so thick that a spoon could stand upright in it.
This is all about food and drink! Your Vivere in Italien

A car breakdown led us unexpectedly to Parma, and there we discovered a cioccolata calda so thick that a spoon could stand upright in it.

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