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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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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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The white truffle of Alba, or the Tuber magnatum pico, has been known and used by man for centuries.
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