by Michael Donadio

ROME — On a sweltering recent morning here, customers from around the world crowded the aisles of the food market in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele near Rome's central train station, shopping for everything from plump Italian tomatoes and peaches to Thai basil, basmati rice and halal meat.

"Ciao, capo!" a South Asian vendor shouted to a colleague in colloquial Italian, meaning "Hey, boss." Nearby, two Indian nuns, wearing white robes lined with blue, inspected some produce. An African woman chatted on her cellphone, carrying a small child in a colorful sling on her back.

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Source: The New York Times