The second installment about food has to focus on a major food group - Pork. Cured, grilled, smoked, braised - one can't say enough good things about the pork in Italia! Whether meats and cheeses, meat and fruit, served alone or with a contorni .... antipasta, primi or secondi ... They are all memorable.
Cured salumi on a breakfast buffet
Proscuitto and cheese panini
Proscuitto and melone
Braised suckling pork shankA Whitman's Sampler of salumis
Yes, pork should have a different name in Italy, especially in Umbria where it is one of the absolute specialties in its fresh or cured forms.
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