In Europe, 76 destinations off the beaten path

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Mozzarella comes chiefly from Italy's Campania region around Naples. Although theories abound, no one knows for sure when or how the buffalo first got here from Africa and Asia. Frankly, I don't care as long as my diet regularly includes fresh mozzarella.<br>
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My passion for the cheese recently led me on a driving tour to the traditional land of mozzarella. About an hour south of Rome, I turned off the E45 Autostrada at the Caianello exit, got on a country road that seemed headed toward the mountains and eventually found La Fenice, a mozzarella dairy, or caseificio, outside the hamlet of Presenzano.<br>
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-- Susan Spano<br>
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Read more: <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/10/travel/tr-mozzarella10">Italy's Campania region is where fresh mozzarella roams</a><br>
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<i>Pictured: Salerno, Italy.</i>

Campania region, Italy

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Mozzarella comes chiefly from Italy's Campania region around Naples. Although theories abound, no one knows for sure when or how the buffalo first got here from Africa and Asia. Frankly, I don't care as long as my diet regularly includes fresh mozzarella.

My passion for the cheese recently led me on a driving tour to the traditional land of mozzarella. About an hour south of Rome, I turned off the E45 Autostrada at the Caianello exit, got on a country road that seemed headed toward the mountains and eventually found La Fenice, a mozzarella dairy, or caseificio, outside the hamlet of Presenzano.

-- Susan Spano

Read more: Italy's Campania region is where fresh mozzarella roams

Pictured: Salerno, Italy.