Italy 2006

Italy 2006

Off to northern Italy for Slow Food’s Salone del Gusto convention, held during the last week of October 2006 in Torino.

The principal regions visited will be Liguria, Piemonte and Lombardia.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Before going home, the obligatory stop in Milano was made. Clothing shops were sought out and...

Torino & Salone del Gusto (2)

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Salone del Gusto also had a room to purchase wine by the glass for E1–4. There were only 1,973 wines...

Torino & Salone del Gusto

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Most of the discussion in the classrooms at Slow Food took place in Italian, with translation...

Thursday, October 26, 2006

These photos were taken at Torino’s largest market, which is open six days a week and is very well...

Sacra di San Michele

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

The Benedictine Abbey of San Michele in Piemonte dates from 998 A.D. and is related to Mont St...

Susa, on the Road to the Alps

Monday, October 23, 2006

We drove to the alpine foothills and the town of Susa with its Roman ruins.

White Truffles and Barbaresco

Saturday, October 21, 2006

We visited more vineyards and sampled more truffles around the village of Barbaresco.

Friday, October 20, 2006

We spent some time in Alba, famous for white truffles.

Barolo and Another Enoteca

Friday, October 20, 2006

We visited the wine country around the famous town of Barolo.

Piemonte and an Enoteca

Thursday, October 19, 2006

We drove from Recco to Piemonte, and stayed in the town of Pollenzo, home of the Slow Food University.

Day Trip—Albenga, Liguria

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

We took a drive to the town of Albenga on the Riviera di Ponente.

Recco and the Ligurian Mountains

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

We picked up a rental car and headed to the town of Recco on the Ligurian coast.

Monday, October 16, 2006

We traveled to Italy to attend Salone del Gusto. We flew to Milan and from there took a train to Lucca in Tuscany.