“Milk or Dark Chocolate?” Any email that has that as the subject line is bound to make for an interesting read. And when the mail is coming from someone working at Venchi Chocolate, that makes it that much better! When I was contacted by someone working at Venchi, who is also a reader of my [...]

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If it’s summertime, that means loads of wonderful sagre, festivals, in Italy. Many sagre are food-related celebrations and festivals, but not all. But when it is food-related, you know that you’re going to eat well! Even the tiniest cities can have excellent sagre. Case in point is the Sagra delle Fragole I went to in [...]

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Last weekend, Easter weekend, we took our new old car for a spin in the Piemonte, Piedmont region of Italy. I think it’s a region often overlooked but with some culinary traditions (gianduja / truffles / mushrooms, anyone?) and excellent wines that can’t be ignored. And once you’re in the Langhe and Monferrato areas of [...]

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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 [...]

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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 it today [...]

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