Tagliatelle with Prosciutto, Peas, and Wild Mushrooms

Although this combination is found throughout Italy, I have particularly enjoyed it in trattorias and locandas in and around Verona in the early spring. Verona has been an important commercial crossroads since Roman times when the city’s famous arena was built. The arena is 500 feet long, 420 feet wide, and 100 feet high, and today is the home of one of Europe’s most important opera festivals. The story of 2 of Verona’s most famous citizens, Romeo and Juliet