Videos: Shopping Fresh in Italy
La Pescheria: The Fish Monger
Pescheria Brunelli is a popular fish monger in Bologna, with crates of fish on ice lining the market street. Piergiorgio explains that most of the fish we see comes from the Mediterranean. He shows us many types of fish an American would recognize...
Macellaio - The Italian Butcher Shop
In the beautiful display case at the Macellaio, or butcher shop, we see many delicious cuts of meat. As Piergiorgio tells us, “Every cut of meat is beloved here.” The shop offers fiorentina (known a T-bone steak in the U.S...
Latteria - The Italian Cheese Shop
La Baita Formaggi, in addition to being one of the oldest cheese shops in Bologna, is also one of its most famous. It is stocked with hundreds of Italian, French and Spanish cheeses. Fans of pecorino cheese, made of sheep’s milk, will marvel at the many kinds found here, including semi-soft and seasoned pecorinos...
Fruttivendolo: The Italian Fruit Stand
Piergiorgio leads us now to one of the most famous fruit stands in Bologna, in the market street called Via Pescherie Vecchie. There we see baskets, crates and trays filled with many kinds of local and exotic fruits. Yesterday, Piergiorgio tells us...
Enoteca: The Italian Wine Shop
Now Piergiorgio takes us to the Bazar Café in the Via Guerazzi. It’s not a café in the American sense, but a shop that sells wine, tea, coffee and chocolates. The wine staff here is expert and can discuss every wine with you, so we’ll...
La Salumeria: Italian Cured Meats
Our next stop is Bruno e Franco, perhaps the best salumeria in Bologna. The walls are lined with shelves of salumi, which means all sorts of cured pork, in what...
Fresh Handmade Pasta Shop - The Pastificio
Our first stop is the Pastificio, where dozens of kinds of pasta are made by hand. Each glass case is stuffed with an amazing array of pastas, including troffie, tagliatelle spezzate, tortellini, agnelotti, gnocchi, paglia e fineo and...
Bologna, Italy - The Capital of Food!
Come with us on a walk through the ancient food markets of Bologna as we chat with the local vendors of this city, famous for its rose-colored porticoes, refined culture and magnificent cuisine. Piergiorgio Nicoletti is our guide as we visit...
