briciole

salume / charcuterie

The word salume may remind you of salame (salami). Salame is a type of salume. Salumi (plural) is the generic word that we use to refer to salame and other cured meat products. The web site of the Istituto Valorizzazione Salumi Italiani (IVSI) is available in both Italian and English and has a lot of useful information on the different types of salumi and how they are prepared. IVSI is "a voluntary and non-profit Consortium, that was established in 1985 to meet the growing requests made by consumers for more information while also aiming at enhancing the image of Italian processed... Read more →

prosciutto

The following few lines about prosciutto have been inspired by: Jeremy of DoBianchi with his post and photo essay on prosciutto di San Daniele, and Susan of Food Blogga with her delicious recipe for Wild Arugula, Cantaloupe, and Watermelon Salad with Prosciutto and Blue Cheese. As I mentioned in a previous post, prosciutto is one of the two items that I buy as soon as possible after arriving in Italy. My husband likes to open the package of prosciutto (usually San Daniele) and eat slice after slice of it over granetti. The other famous Italian prosciutto crudo (raw) is prosciutto di... Read more →