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Balsamic vinegar Gourmet food tours in Italy Modena

The food idiot guide to Modena: balsamic vinegar, pasta, and secret trattorias

Balsamic vinegar, Gourmet food tours in Italy, Modena

There is more in Modena than traditional balsamic vinegar, Emilia Delizia explores some hidden gems in the city of Aceto balsamico tradizionale and beyond.   Balsamic vinegar tour and tasting in Modena First of all you should definitely come to Modena for 2 main reasons: balsamic vinegar (the PDO traditional one) and Ferrari sport cars. […]

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Food tourism in Italy Parma Parma ham

The secret confessions of a Parma ham maker – How to make prosciutto.

Food tourism in Italy, Parma, Parma ham

Curing ham in a culinary art and it should not be taken lightly. To become a master Parma ham salter might take many years. Fabrizio of La Perla Parma ham factory in Langhirano says it might take up to 10 years to really master the ability to put the right amount of salt in the

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Modena

What is Gnocco Fritto?

Modena

Gnocco fritto as we call it in Modena has different names depending from where you are eating it. In Bologna they call it crescentina fritta, in Parma torta fritta. What is gnocco fritto exactly? It belongs to an ancient culinary tradition of Emilia where nothing had to go to waste, and one of the most

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Bologna Emilia Romagna Gourmet food tours in Italy Parmesan cheese

Foods that you must eat in Bologna

Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Gourmet food tours in Italy, Parmesan cheese

Bologna Food Tour: 5 Traditional Foods You Must Try Bologna, the vibrant capital of Emilia-Romagna, is one of Italy’s most celebrated culinary cities. Known affectionately as La Grassa (“The Fat One”), it boasts a long-standing reputation for indulgent, high-quality cuisine. Thanks to its rich agricultural surroundings—stretching from the fertile plains of the Po Valley to

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Culatello Emilia Romagna Parma Parma ham

A day around Parma between ham, culatello and castles

Culatello, Emilia Romagna, Parma, Parma ham

Parma is a town in the north west of Italy, not far from Milan and the Cinque Terre. Parma is well connected via train links, motorway and recently even by air with the newly opened Verdi airport which connects the town with London Stansted. Thanking to this new possibility it is now possible to spend a long weekend to

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