■ ITALY, FLORENCE: In Mercato di San Lorenzo, Florence's 130 year old Italian street food market, not a single part of the cow goes to waste. The cow's stomach are all local delicacies. The tongue is also devoured and so are the cheeks, liver, heart and everything else.

One thing I didn't expect to eat though was the very spring of life itself as one food vendor put it.....

■ MARTINA'S CONTACT DETAILS: If you wish to join Martina on a food or history excursion you can write her at http://www.sunflorencetours.it/ her e-mail address is in the top left corner