Mercato di Mezzo, Bologna, Italy

The food market in Bologna is a sight to be seen. Jason and I took part in a one day cooking course that included a morning walk through the market. The tour lasted roughly 2.5 hours and it was extensive. Raffaella and Francesca, a mother and daughter team, were our guides and took us from store to store explaining the history of foods local to the Emilia Romagna region.

Here are some photos I took during the tour...



Pasta! Pasta!




Prosciutto and other glorious meats!








Here's something for the vegetarians.




And back to the carnivores.. This is the one of the local horse butchers. You don't get to see that in NY!


Everything you see here is horse meat.


And we had to try some horse before we left so we chose horse salami. It was well seasoned like most salami is. But, to me, it had a horrible after taste. Jason didn't think so though.