Ham, dry-cured for eight months, removed from bladder (this photo by iPhone, the ones below are by Donna)
A salumeria in Bologna, hanging culatello, hams, coppa
I rubbed the brass pig snout in Florence hoping to rid myself of bad Florence karma (first time there, my girlfriend left me for another guy, second time there, Donna and I parted for what was planned to be a year’s separation; this time, only a crummy dish of carbonara happened to me, which wasn’t bad at all, so it seems the brass pig works).
Mandatory tourist shot: Expelling bad Florence karma
Ten days in Italy with Brian Polcyn and Nic Heckett for a salume tour of northern and central Italy—primarily Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria and Emilia-Romagna. Damn, Italy is beautiful. There’s a reason Tuscany in particular is so romanticized. Its rolling, forested hills and little towns perched on hillsides are breathtaking, particularly, I assure you, if you live in suburban Cleveland, Ohio.
View from salumeria Sergio Falaschi, San Miniato, Tuscany
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