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Foods this traveler has tried.

A batch of traditional balsamic vinegar from Acetaia di Giorgio.

Ingredients & Condiments

Traditional Balsamic Vinegar

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

A crispy golden flower.

Prepared Foods

Carciofi alla Giudia

Created in Rome's Jewish ghetto, the fried artichokes herald spring.

Real mortadella Bologna often contains pistachios.

Meats & Animal Products

Mortadella

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

’Nduja

Ingredients & Condiments

’Nduja

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

Pork Skin Braciole

Prepared Foods

Pork Skin Braciole

This old-school Italian dish comes in a rich and savory wrapper.

Castagne del Prete

Sweets

Castagne del Prete

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.

Saint Agatha's Breasts

Sweets

Saint Agatha's Breasts

This ricotta and marzipan pastry honors the Sicilian saint's most noteworthy body part.

Alkermes

Ingredients & Condiments

Alkermes

Once an insect-dyed health tonic, this liqueur now adds a scarlet tint to Italian pastries.

Pani câ Mèusa

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Pani câ Mèusa

You can enjoy this Sicilian spleen sandwich “single” or “married.”

Lampredotto

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Lampredotto

The secret to this sandwich is the cow’s fourth stomach.

Cynar

Drinks

Cynar

Artichokes form the backbone of this vegetal liqueur.

Liquore all'Alloro

Drinks

Liquore all'Alloro

If there is anything that should rest on its laurels, it’s probably this laurel-infused digestif.

Licorice root for sale at a Spanish market.

Fruits & Vegetables

Licorice Root

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”

Most people would just walk by this fruit, rich with history and culinary potential.

Fruits & Vegetables

Strawberry Tree Fruit

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

Choose between a plastic spoon and a wafer to scoop up the dripping gelato.

Sweets

Brioche con Gelato

Some Sicilians start their day with this decadent combination.

Colonnata Lard

Meats & Animal Products

Colonnata Lard

As fine as the marble it's cured in, this pig fat salumi is a Tuscan masterpiece.

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