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Shopping in a Supermercato

3/12/2025

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Yes. Italy has supermarkets. Most of our shopping was done locally, especially in the local Mamma e Papa alimentary (deli). But when we did shop at the Supermercato, while there were similarities, there were many differences. 

And don't forget to wear a plastic glove to handle the fruits and veggies, or helpful nonna will put you in your place!

All photos copyright 2025, J.Finzi
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Huge lemons, but even bigger can be found on the Amalfi Coast
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Prickly Pear, or Fichi d'India
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Cardi (cardoons), used in soups, sides or fried.
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The cheese department offers an abundance of cheeses from every region, and even has a cheese monger stationed there.
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In Italy, it's not "cream cheese", it's 'Filadelfia", and is more buttery in taste than in the States.
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UHT (Ultra-High Temperature) pasteurized milk in Italy doesn't need refrigeration until it is opened. It has a shelf life of 6 months.
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In air-conditioned supermarkets, there are miles of chocolate bars. Curiously, in summer, people rarely buy it because of the heat.
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Some cereals are very recognizable. Fed to bambini (children) at colazione (breakfast).
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The Beauty of a Midday Snack

11/30/2020

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During these days of uncertainty, fear, frustration and fatigue, it's often the little things that bring a smile to our faces... In this case, I was sitting down for a midday snack, mindlessly peeling a clementine as I was tuning into a YouTube travel video, when I looked down and saw I had peeled the skin into a perfectly beautiful star.

Look for the little things and build from there.

Hoping you are all well...

--Jerry Finzi
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Fotos di Finzi - Classical Rome

2/13/2019

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At long last, here is my collection of Classical Rome. Rome is filled with history reaching back to the Ancients at nearly every turn.

Enjoy...

--Jerry Finzi
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Photos copyrighted 2019, Finzi Photography - All Rights Reserved
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The New, Virtual, Sistine Chapel Media Theatrical Show!

Arm Chair Voyager: High Resolution Views of the Sistine Chapel!
Voyager Expectations Versus Realities in Italy

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Souvenir of a Pugliese Icon: Miniature Trulli

5/10/2018

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Trullo Gallo Rosso, where we stayed for several nights while exploring Puglia
When we planned out Voyage to southern Italy, one of the things on my bucket list was to stay in a trullo--the pointy roofed stone houses of Puglia. Trulli are dotted throughout the countryside, some in the more ancient style of chopped-top cone, others abandoned and in ruins, and many in farm complexes made up of as many as 6-8 trulli. Their roofs can be adorned with painted hex symbols by their owners and they are topped with a wide variety of finial, sometimes in the shape of stars. They are restored into B&Bs and year-round villas with some being very chic. But nothing can prepare the Voyager when he visits the UNESCO town of Alberobello, with over 1600 trulli clustered in the town center.
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The amazing Miniature Alberobello model is worth seeing... look for the sign in one of the gift shops.
In Alberobello, there are many wonderful gift shops, and while some offer the standard tourist kitsch, what I loved about the town is the amount of local artisans offering their hand made products. You can buy beautiful jewelry in the many different religious and pagan shapes found painted on the pointy roofs, local pottery and ceramics, wooden bread stamps carved with your initials, hand made pocket knives (I came home with a sommelier version)... but my favorite local craft are the miniature trulli. They are all made using local stone to mimic the real stone and techniques used to built the real trulli. There are tiny ones that you can hold in your hand and large ones that you can place in your garden.
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Artisans have lots of inspiration with the real world Trulli of Alberobello.
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There is a lot of detailed stone cutting involved in creating a miniature trullo
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Many use a type of gypsum rock for the main walls
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An artisan putting the finishing touches on a rather large trullo
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Miniature trulli being sold inside a life-sized trullo
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Doll-house sized furnishings
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A more ancient type of chopped-top trullo found in the Salento region
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A beautiful model of a multi-cone farmhouse
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A real trullo under restoration
Here's a short video about trulli and how they make miniatures.
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Lucas loved sleeping under the cone shaped trullo roof
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Our experience in a trullo inspired one of our Christmas gingerbread house creations
--GVI
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Italian Fantasies: Tuscan Flight

3/26/2018

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Photo Composite by Finzi, All Rights Reserved - 2016
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Italian Fantasies: Temple of Jove

3/26/2018

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Photo Composite by Finzi, All rights Reserved - 2018
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Italian Fantasies: Trullo Fantastico

3/26/2018

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Photo-composite by Finzi, All Rights Reserved - 2018
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Italian Fantasies: Castello Fungo

3/26/2018

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Photo composite by Finzi, All Rights Reserved - 2018
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La Casa Finzi a Natale

1/3/2018

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The Christmas season is nearly over with the Epiphany only 3 days away. We will be sad (as usual) to take down the Christmas tree, the decorations and take the lights down from around the outside of our home. This part of Christmas is a bit sad, but then again, we have had wonderful friends visit us, gave each other gifts from the heart, and have had amazing culinary feasts: Lisa's panettone and Christmas cookies, my chocolate pasticiotti, breakfasts of eggs Benedict, panettone French toast, chocolate croissants,  and of course, our Baked Ham on Christmas Day and Wild Boar Stew for dinner on New Year Day. We also enjoyed our annual cheese fondue and Greek salad on New Year's Eve with good friends, noisemakers and chilly Prosecco.

I don't know why, but our home felt especially warm this season... if not for the fireplace and mantle that I built last year, certainly for the love we feel for each other in our little Finzi Famiglia.

I just wanted to post some photos of the warmth of our home for you all to share. Please have a safe, healthy and Happy New Year!

Il tuo amico sempre,

--Jerry Finzi

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Fotos di Finzi: Vines Burning for a Tuscan Morning Flight

6/1/2017

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Photos taken from our hot air balloon above Tuscany with our Pilot, Stefano Travaglia and his wife Gianna. Contact Balloon in Tuscany (Idea Balloon) On Facebook.
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All photos copyright Jerry Finzi, 2014 - 2017 - All Rights Reserved
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