Yearly Archives: 2007

 

Piemonte Thursday

Jun 21

We spent our last day touring Torino‘s ethnic markets with Vittorio Castellani, journalist, broadcaster and self-declared gastronomad, known locally as Chef Kumalé. An anthropologist by training, he has put his background to good use in communicating the issues, circumstances and … Continue reading →

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Piemonte Wednesday

Jun 20

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 →

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Piemonte Tuesday

Jun 19

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 →

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Piemonte Monday

Jun 18

We had four busy days exploring Piemonte (Piedmont), in north-western Italy. We made an early start from Parma and lunched in Pollenzo, at the campus cafeteria of the first and other campus of our university, and were able to exchange … Continue reading →

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Food for hungry brains – Capra and Counihan

Jun 16

Recently I posted a link to Time’s What the World Eats feature (and later found a related article), and have since found an NPR radio feature on the book (Hungry Planet) that these images come from. The NPR page features … Continue reading →

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