Comments on: The Fish Market in Cesenatico, A Photo Essay

By: Top 5 Things to Eat in Romagna | Italy In SF

Top 5 Things to Eat in Romagna | Italy In SF — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:34:07 +0000

[...] 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. [...]

By: H.Peter

H.Peter — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:47:32 +0000

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.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:21:17 +0000

You rock Anita!! Thanks!

By: Anita / Married ...with Dinner

Anita / Married ...with Dinner — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:01:01 +0000

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).

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:05:41 +0000

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.