| So you've booked a self-catering holiday
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| | have been subjected to cold storage and
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| in Italy on a farm in Tuscany or by a
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| | other indignities. May brings
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| beach in Liguria? Enjoy exploring the
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| | strawberries and cherries piled high and
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| flavours of Italy with this basic guide
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| | bright. Peaches and nectarines follow
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| to help you enjoy food shopping as part
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| | with melons of all varieties. By the time
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| of your holiday experience.
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| | you reach autumn these have been
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| Traditionally Italians shop every day for
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| | succeeded by heaps of glistening grapes,
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| what they want to eat that day, as
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| | luscious figs and juicy pears. Watch the
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| freshness is a big concern to them. You
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| | local signoras carefully selecting their
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| won't find huge fridges in most Italian
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| | fruit and veg and you will get an idea of
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| kitchens, so decide every day as you
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| | what is at its best and what should be
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| shop, what you want to eat that day,
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| | left another week until it is truly in
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| according to what looks freshest and most
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| | season, ripe and delicious.
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| appetising in the shops. The shop keepers
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| | The alimentari now- the general grocers
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| are quite used to selling just two slices
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| | store. You will probably be following the
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| of perfectly sliced prosciutto, or a
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| | same group of signoras from shop to shop
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| small piece of pecorino cheese. You can
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| | as they do their morning round.
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| of course just head to a supermarket and
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| | Everything is here, from tins piled high,
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| fill your trolley for the week, but
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| | to packets of pasta, with a counter of
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| shopping the traditional way in all the
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| | cheeses and salamis to be sliced to your
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| little shops is an experience not to be
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| | requirements. You can ask for two slices
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| missed and you will gain more cultural
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| | of prosciutto crudo - cured ham, thinly
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| understanding this way, than any amount
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| | sliced or buy sliced meats and cheeses by
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| of museum visiting will provide.
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| | the etto - a generally used term for 100g
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| Follow your nose first to the Forno, for
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| | (about 3oz). If you want to have a taste
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| crusty white bread, rolls and salty
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| | before you decide to purchase, just ask
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| focaccia, a soft olive oil pizza bread
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| | and a sliver of cheese will be passed
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| cut into squares, that the school
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| | over the counter for you to pronounce
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| children often stop by for as a morning
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| | judgement on. There will also be
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| snack. Pane integrale is wholewheat bread
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| | containers of herby olives and sundried
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| and becoming more easily available. If
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| | tomatoes to buy by weight. Bottles of
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| you don't acquire the taste for the
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| | mineral water and wine will rub shoulders
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| traditional, unsalted bread you can ask
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| | in a corner.
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| for pane salata - salted bread, which is
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| | For a treat stop by the pasticceria for a
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| sometimes available as a speciality
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| | tray of delicious creamy pastries, which
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| bread.
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| | will be wrapped in paper and ribbon until
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| Next drop by the fruttaverdura - the
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| | they are worthy of the Christmas tree.
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| greengrocers. Italy has a wonderful
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| | Now head off for a picnic lunch in an
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| variety of fruits and vegetables and you
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| | olive grove with your spoils, or treat
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| will find whatever is in season and at
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| | yourself to a long lunch in a restaurant
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| its best. Italians are distrustful of
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| | and keep your shopping for a delicious,
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| imported food, the more locally grown the
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| | no-cooking, light supper on the terrace
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| better, so most of what is on offer won't
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| | of your apartment.
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