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

October 28th, 2008 · 15 Comments

New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!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 [...]

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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 · 13 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