Being in the Boston area, there are numerous Italian sandwhich shops and restaraunts. All mom and pop shops, really.. not a lot of chain restaraunts here. Anyway, My latest craze has been the Chicken Parmesan dish. Its bascaily Chicken, Cheese, and Marinara sauce. Im not a big fan of the sauce but usually its not real sauce with bits of onions and tomatoes in it. Bleh. But I've acquired a taste for it and have ordered it a lot in the last few weeks.

Parmesan is the common term for any cheese similar to Parmigiano Reggiano DOP. The word parmesan is derived from French referring to the original Italian Parmigiano Reggiano, such as Grana Padano, a hard, grainy Italian cheese close to Parmigiano Reggiano.