Article: Food & drink: Slice of life Is that just a bit of salami you are about to eat or a piece of some dark, ancient mystery? The leading advertising photographer Hans Gissinger tells Oliver Bennett why he flew to Italy to take portraits of these ancient meaty stars

Salami is still vaguely exotic in Britain " bar those garish slices of pizza pepperoni. In its spiritual home, Italy, it is taken seriously as a vernacular, unpretentious and rustic food, best carved roughly and eaten with wine and bread. As a cured (and sometimes dried) sausage, salami comes straight from the well of history, and the pre-refrigeration requirement to preserve meat for the seasons to come.

So Italian salami has depth as well as bite " and it is also a treat for the eye. Take photographer Hans Gissinger's megabook Salami, which comes in a limited edition of 500, and celebrates the 'beauties of sausagery'. In this remarkable work, French and English texts sandwich 60 close-up ...

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