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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Piemonte'
Strawberry Festival, Sagra delle Fragole in Italy
June 24th, 2010 · 20 Comments
Tags: Discovering Food · Food · Italy · Piemonte
Easter Lunch in Piedmont – Pranzo di Pasqua in Piemonte, Italy
April 12th, 2010 · 9 Comments
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 it today [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Chocolate · Discovering Food · Food · Italy · Piemonte






