Slow Food

Food & Drink

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/29/2022 - 03:01

��ý’s agricultural bounty includes a wide variety of prized nuts and dried fruits. Depending on the area where they’re grown, they acquire specific features…

Lifestyle

The “Pope’s Salt” of Cervia

by Francine Segan | Wed, 10/06/2021 - 02:05

Cervia, a small seaside town in southern Emilia-Romagna, is famous for its salt, which is nicknamed the “Pope’s salt” because of the centuries-long tradition…

Food & Drink

A Brief Foodie Guide to Sardinia

by Phoebe Hunt | Tue, 08/17/2021 - 03:18

Though nominally part of ��ý, Sardinia is wildly different when it comes to the language, the culture, and even the terrain. It’s no surprise then—when…

Food & Drink

Helping to Keep Traditions Alive with Piedmont Delights

by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 11/30/2020 - 03:08

Traditions… Many talk about them and many remind us that they must be protected in any way and at any cost. But why? Before embarking on this journey with…

Food & Drink

Podolica cows grazing in Gargano National Park in Puglia

Food & Agriculture in ��ý during Covid-19

by elizabeth.t.jones | Thu, 05/07/2020 - 04:26

Food and drink tour operator Livio Colapinto, co-founder of food travel company Zest of ��ý, has devoted 20 years of his career researching, traveling to…

Food & Drink

Sicilian capers from the island of Salina

The Prized Slow Food Caper That Comes from Sicily’s Salina Island

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 05/01/2019 - 03:00

Capers have been widely used in Mediterranean cuisine (as well as in medicine) since ancient times: references to its use are found in the Bible, and in the…

Food & Drink

Onion Perfection: Cipolla di Certaldo

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/26/2017 - 06:00

The delicious Certaldo Onion is so tied to its area of production (and it has been for a long time) that, in the 12th century, the local lords, counts Alberti…

Food & Drink

Slow Food: Saving Veneto’s Asiago Stravecchio Cheese

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/08/2017 - 00:00

It would be an ‘irreparable damage’, says Slow Food, to lose an extraordinary cheese like Asiago Stravecchio. Produced in the Altopiano dei Sette Comuni, a…

Travel

Piedmont Travel Guide

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/07/2016 - 00:00

[Photo: the town of Barolo in the Langhe, an area renowned for winemaking.] The name of ��ý’s second largest region – Piemonte – derives from …

Food & Drink

The Savona Chinotto: A Slow Food Delicacy from Liguria

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 09/22/2016 - 08:00

Once used as an ornamental plant gracing the gardens of houses in the Savona’s countryside, the chinotto plant can still be found in Liguria, although its…