Bergamo cuisine is extremely rich and with a high calorific value. Many dishes are meat based and you should at the very least try the 'Casoncelli alla bergamasca' ( homemade pasta parcels filled with beef meat, salami, amaretto biscuits and pears in a butter sauce) and polenta e'uccelletti scappati' (maize porridge with beef, pork meat or sausages). Typical cake - polenta e osei - is based on maize flour as well. The local Wine is the ValCalepio (dop) produced in the surroundings of the Iseo Lake.