The Fish Market in Cesenatico, A Photo Essay
Cesenatico is a small town on the coast of the Adriatic sea. It is not only my birthplace, but also Marcella Hazan’s, and the site of a celebrated harbor designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Historically, the town’s economics were supported by fishing, although nowadays tourism is the main activity. Nevertheless, fishing remaines a big activity with a very active fish market and a wonderful pescheria along the porto leonardesco.
I enjoyed very much strolling through the fish stands today. Fresh fish just off the boats, and what a variety!!
Fresh alici, €2.50 per kilogram.
Zanchetti, a type of miniature sole fish.
I LOVE fresh octopus!
Baracolle (skates)…
Rana Pescatrice (I think it’s monkfish in English… please help!)
Adriatic squid…
Cannocchie, my favorite! I never knew they were pretty much impossible to find in any other region- their English name is grey mantis shrimps. Another view below…
I will probably write about them soon, as I cannot find any good reference for this delicious staple of Adriatic fish meals!
A general view of one of the stands. No wonders I have been eating fish everyday since I got here!
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What beautiful pics. I am envious.
Thought you might like to know that Bariani, northern Italian ex-pats, have just released their Fall 2008 extra virgin olive oil. Bi-Rite carries it but they also sell it online. It’s great. Their website is Barianioliveoil.com.
Gorgeous photos of the seafood!
The rana pescatrice does look like monkfish, although smaller than many I have seen. Wikipedia’s italian version says it’s a “Lophius piscatorius”, which the English page says is an Angler (in the monkfish family).
You rock Anita!! Thanks!
Your Blog is great. I hope youwill write much more from Italy.
Last week I had a very similar if not the same critter as this Grey Mantis Shrimp in China. My agent could not translate the name, now I do know it.
[...] figured out they’re called gray mantis shrimps. These tasty crustaceans are typical of sandy bottoms, and basically unavailable outside the Mediterranean and very few other regions around the world. [...]