Entries Tagged as 'Piemonte'

Slow Food’s Salone del Gusto 2008 in Torino – Turin

October 28th, 2008 · 15 Comments

It only happens every 2 years: Il Salone del Gusto in Turin.
This year I was able to go to the 7th edition of the Salone del Gusto, organized by the Slow Food Organization and the Piedmont Regional Authority. This year it took place at Lingotto, just feet away from Eataly, so we made a stop [...]

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Tags: Behind the Scenes · Discovering Food · Food · Italy · Piemonte

Eataly, Turin’s Enogastronomic Marketplace and Blog Action Day

October 15th, 2007 · 8 Comments

I couldn’t find a better day to highlight the enogastronomic marketplace Eataly since today is Blog Action day, when (at last count) over 15,000 blogs would be talking about today’s topic: The Environment.
Eataly, located in Turin was opened just this past February in the old Carpano vermouth factory. I am focusing on [...]

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Tags: Blog Event · Discovering Food · Food · Italy · Piemonte · Tips

Bicerin and Caffe Shakerato at Baratti and Milano

June 13th, 2007 · 7 Comments

And some information about the fabled ChocoPass!
When I went to Turin last time, I stopped with my father at the famous Baratti & Milano cafe’, right near the Piazza del Castello. I had eaten their chocolate before so I was familiar with them, but hadn’t been inside the cafe’ before. The cafe’ itself is very [...]

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Tags: Chocolate · Discovering Food · Food · Italy · Piemonte

Tour del Gelato: Grom in Torino

May 17th, 2007 · 15 Comments

I’m not able to keep up with myself! I left off a post about Berlin, Spoleto needs to be woken up, and I have many more! But I thought I would write about another stop on the Tour del Gelato because it’s timely.
Why timely? Recently, everyone has been talking about Grom in the U.S., [...]

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Tags: Blog Event · Food · Gelato · Italy · Piemonte · Tour del Gelato