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Category Archives: food tours
Piemonte Wednesday
We had a morning at the Pollenzo campus with some of the Slow Food folk on Wednesday. Representatives of the Slow Food International, Slow Food Editore and the Foundation for Biodiversity gave us a talk on their mandates and activities. … Continue reading
Piemonte Tuesday
Breakfast on the road. Only at the best eateries in Italy? Surprised us all by having what might be the best croissants we’d ever tasted. Unfortunately good taste did not extend to their selection of Hitler beer and dictator wines… … Continue reading
Gelatorama
We spent Thursday at Gelato U, learning some things from the gelato equipment manufacturer Carpigiani, near Bologna. What did we learn? Hard to say. In a course really designed for companies who’d bought the incredibly expensive (25,000-35,000 euros for the … Continue reading
We bless the smoking piano of Dijon
Can you really get anything you want? Alas, they were closed when we passed by, so we will never know. I have to confess I have never been awed by French food, having had in my short lifetime eaten better … Continue reading