Tagliarini ai Porcini

Here is a typical dish of the entroterra, although it is also wildly popular on the coast. When it rains in Liguria, the following day is invariably characterized by mushroom hunters prowling the sottobosco (the land beneath the woods) for new porcini mushrooms. Because much of Liguria borders on Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont, two regions that favor egg noodles, it is not surprising that they are eaten in the inland areas of the Riviera as well. A difference worth noting is that