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Taking Italian Food Home: What You Can and Cannot Bring Back from Italy

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You have spent days eating your way through Emilia-Romagna — Parmigiano Reggiano straight from the dairy, drops of 25-year-old balsamic vinegar, Lambrusco that tastes nothing like the supermarket version back home. Now comes the practical question: which of these can you actually pack in your suitcase and take through customs? The short answer: cheese, vinegar […]

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Bistecca alla Fiorentina: How to Buy, Cook and Serve Florence’s Famous T-Bone Steak

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Bistecca alla Fiorentina is one of the simplest dishes in Italian cooking — meat, fire, and nothing else. The difficulty is in the quality of the cut and the precision of the technique. This is how to cook it correctly. The Cut Bistecca alla Fiorentina is a T-bone steak — tenderloin and sirloin together on

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Modena Maranello Supercar experiences in Emilia-Romagna include visits to Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Pagani museums and showrooms

The 2 Ferrari museums – Casa natale Enzo Ferrari Vs Maranello Ferrari Museum

Modena, Maranello, Supercar experiences in Emilia-Romagna include visits to Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Pagani museums and showrooms

A common question for visitors to Emilia-Romagna: which Ferrari museum is better — Maranello or Modena? With two official Ferrari museums open, travellers are often unsure which to prioritise, especially when time is limited. Maranello Ferrari Museum The Ferrari Museum in Maranello is about 30 minutes from Modena and most easily reached by car. Public

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Eating in Modena: Balsamic Vinegar, Markets and What the City Gets Right About Food

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Most places that call themselves food destinations have reduced the concept to a restaurant list. Modena is different in a more specific way: the food infrastructure still exists here. The market, the acetaia, the pasta shop, the butcher serving things nobody else will cook any more. The city has a relationship with its ingredients that

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The Secret Confessions of a Parma Ham Maker – How to Make Prosciutto.

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The Art of Curing Parma Ham: Inside the Skills of a Master Salter Curing Prosciutto di Parma is not a mechanical process—it is a craft refined through years of experience, precision, and careful judgement. At La Perla Prosciuttificio in Langhirano, master salter Fabrizio often explains that it can take up to ten years to fully

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What is Gnocco Fritto?

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Gnocco fritto, torta fritta, crescentina fritta — three names for what is essentially the same thing: a pillow of dough, fried until golden and puffed, eaten piping hot with cured meats. The name changes depending on where you are in Emilia-Romagna: in Modena it is gnocco fritto, in Parma it becomes torta fritta, and in

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