193578 Fri Feb 01 10:50:45 -0800 2002 4 18 Manhattan 0 1033044 Hi, I'm cooking fondue for some friends this wknd and am looking for where to buy good prosciutto and chorizo or cocktail sausages? Does anyone know what to look for when buying prosciutto? Fri Feb 01 10:50:45 -0800 2002 0 carla 1 1033058 The prosciutto at Bella Italia, in Chelsea Market is really good, genuine imported prosciutto. It should be dark red and both dry and shiny at the same time. The salamis there are also good. I personally haven't tried them, but I gave my grandfather one for Christmas, and he, who has been eating salamis for all of his 87 years, said it was the best salami he had ever eaten. Fri Feb 01 13:23:14 -0800 2002 1033044 0 Caitlin Wheeler 1 1033071 typically fondue is served with air dried beef, not pork. It is very good. It is available at Dean and Deluca, Balducci's, Zabars. Fri Feb 01 15:21:34 -0800 2002 1033044 0 suzanne camhi 2 1033075 finally remembered the name for the air dried beef Bundnerfleisch. Serve it with cornicorns and little pickled onions. Fri Feb 01 15:55:18 -0800 2002 1033071 0 suzanne camhi 1 1033098 I think that prosciutto is generally divided into two catagories -- domestic and imported, with domestic costing about half as much as the authentic product from Parma. I usually buy domestic when I'm cooking with it, say in a mushroom cream sauce. Otherwise, I spring for the real thing. Fri Feb 01 19:08:40 -0800 2002 1033044 0 Susan Hope