Pino Rogano may suggest you try his house-made salumi and sausages.

Pino Rogano may suggest you try his house-made salumi and sausages. Kelly O

My boyfriend likes really bad Chinese food—the beige and greasy kind, served in karaoke bars and bowling-alley card rooms. So early on in our relationship, when he told me he wanted to try a teeny-tiny Ravenna Italian restaurant, with a cartoonish red and green sign that gives off a Mama-Mia-You’ll-Love-Our-Spaghetti! vibe, I was quick to put him off…