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This prosciutto most likely dates back the Celtic period, when hunters needed a method for meat conservation. The microclimate around San Daniele is perfect for conserving and drying ...
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Provolone Val Padana is a whole cow’s milk cheese in the shape of a pear or cone. It is a semi-hard cheese with a white to straw color.
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Radicchio is a member of the composite family, and is a type of subspecies of chicory. Over time and thanks to the work of botanists and farmers, many different types ...
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or over five centuries, Salama da sugo (a pork sausage) has been the hallmark of the salumerie (salumi stores) in the city of Ferrara. It has a strong, yet elegant ...
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Salame Felino is a pure pork salame from Felino, a small town located in the green Baganza valley, full of forests where herds of pigs were raised in an ancient ...
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Spalla cotta of San Secondo is a type of traditional cured pork product made in precise area of the Bassa Parmese, outside of Parma. It takes its name from the ...
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For a long time, the word speck referred to lard, from the Latin lardum, meaning the fat part of the pig.
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Spongata is a flat round cake made with a thin, crunchy pastry dough, covered with powdered sugar. It has a soft, light-brown filling with a very pronounced, spiced flavor.
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Truffles have been around for what seems like forever. The first mentions of the tuber can be found in Plinio the Elder’s Naturalis Historia and Apicius’s De re coquinaria, both ...
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