La Veranda - Philadelphia, PA

Northern Italy is where the famous Po Valley meets the Alps and nurtured a hard-working and life-affirming population of Italians for whom food served not only as the way to their hearts, but as one of the joys of life itself.

The verdant vineyard and ancient orchard estates of Northern Italy embrace that romantic locales of Tuscany, Venice, Lombardy, where Italian meets French to produce a cuisine both simple in ingredients, but exotic in its many varied and unique presentations.