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Photo: Michelangelo's "David" in Florence, Italy

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Florence Photo Gallery
Photographs by Sisse Brimberg and Cotton Coulson
Florence Photo Gallery
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Hamming it up, a vendor plays to an audience at the Perini delicatessen in the San Lorenzo Market. "The famous Perini delicatessen specializes in Parma ham, wild boar salami, truffle puree, and other specialties," observes Brimberg. "The shop, a family business for three generations, is owned and run by the Perini brothers, who often show up behind the counter. Their products have appeared in a Williams-Sonoma cookbook of Florentine recipes and are sold all over the world."

Read more about Florence in "Stalking Michelangelo," in Traveler's July/August 2006 issue.


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