I pass this place every time I go to and from the bus stop/train station in Parma.
As in any city in Italy there are countless coffee bars, pizzerias, and other small eateries, all of them serving up the same things. In other words, you've seen one, you've seen them all. But of this place I almost always have to stop in and have a look. Featured amidst the usual assortment of proscuitti, culatelli, other salumis, cheeses, and pastas are stuffed rabbit, stuffed cabbage, stuffed veal in the storefront display windows, roasted chickens, veggie dishes, rice dishes, and various pastas in the inside display case, and a grand tableful of cakes and desserts in the middle of the store.
Places like this drive me nuts. Remember that expression "Never go shopping for food when you are hungry?" Of course this store is located on the way to my ride home - right when I am getting hungry.
This store also happens to sell culatelli and other salumi that are produced at Al Vedel's salumi making venue. The picture hanging in front of the salumi display is that of the aging cellar at Al Vedel. There are hundreds of culatelli there, waiting for that perfect moment to be picked and sliced. Hmmmm... Kind of like fresh fruit from the orchard....
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