The pasta and herb market stall at the Mercato Centrale in the city of Florence, Italy is not a place which just carries spaghetti or lasagne noodles. There is a choice of fresh and dried pasta and all kinds of herbs and ingredients to make whatever sauce is needed.
At the market stall, there is a wide assortment of pasta, all being various shapes, sizes and colors. There are known to be about 350 pasta shapes ever made, with hundreds at this stall, but it still unlikely you will be able to find them all at the Mercato Centrale in the city of Florence, Italy.
The law in Italy states dry pasta (pasta secca) may only be made from durum wheat or semolina flour.Pasta and herb market stall at the Mercato Centrale (Central Markets) in the City of Florence, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Province of Florence, Region of Tuscany, Italy, Europe.
Technical Information:
I photographed this photo with the digital SLR camera model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, aperture of f/2.8, exposure time of 1/25 sec. on ISO 100, as always I used a original Canon Lens, the focus lenght for this picture was 31mm.