Good morning? With the 'iconic' breakfast

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Have you ever had an iconic breakfast? It's the one that best expresses a place's sweet or savory tradition, with products meant to be consumed in the morning. Often, truly iconic breakfasts can only be enjoyed in their place of origin, because the typical products haven't been exported. Here's a map of Emilia Romagna and Marche. If you happen to be in Ferrara, you must hunt for a ricciola (or ricciolina): a type of savory pastry made from either puff pastry or bread dough, resembling a braid rolled into a ring, like Lucrezia Borgia's hairdo. In Rimini and the surrounding area, you'll find cantarelle, made from a dough of flour and water cooked on a griddle and seasoned with oil and a pinch of sugar. If you're passing through Bologna, you can't miss the raviole or pinza, filled with Bolognese mostarda. Vignola, in the province of Modena, is the home of the Barozzi cake, flavored with chocolate, coffee, and cocoa, with a crispy crust and a top-secret recipe. A trip to the Marche region brings us cavallucci fanesi, stuffed with almonds, walnuts, and hazelnuts, saba, and lemon and orange zest. Finally, there's the crescia fogliata, a typical pastry from the Macerata area.