Discover the uniqueness of San Daniele Ham and explore Friuli Venezia Giulia, The best of Italy’s North-East. San Daniele is a medieval town located in the morainic hills of Friuli, northern-east of Italy. This place in the province of Udine is famous worldwide for its tasty ham called Prosciutto di San Daniele. So, what is […]
Guided tours of San Daniele Ham – A Marvel of Udine Gastronomic Tradition Read Post »
PIADINA AN ITALIAN FLAT BREAD TO BE IMAGINATIVELY STUFFED WITH ALL SORT OF DELICACIES. As is often happens in the gastronomic history, truest popular flavours colloquially also called “popular or poor food” are those that are guarantee to be good and healthy. The best ones are those that allow you to vary an ancient recipe and to
Where this famous Italian cheese is made. by Gabriele Monti November 6th, 2012 A while ago the consortium of the Parmigiano Reggiano made the map below to explain where the cheese is made, in order to educate consumers and tourists about the area of production. Protected designations of origin. The PDO is a food labelling standard that you
PDO area of Production of Parmesan Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Read Post »
Touring the Langhe in Piedmont – an area dedicated to good wine and good food. In the Langhe region in Italy there are many families who have mastered the art of wine making. They are indeed many, or maybe just about everybody makes great wine. In this part of Italy every family famous or not,
A food and wine tour of the Langhe in Piedmont Italy Read Post »
by Gabriele Monti December 3rd, 2012 The Franciacorta area is a moraine located in the south-east of Lake lseo, bordered by the Montorfano area and the rivers of Oglio and Mella. The nearby town of Brescia was the playground of the aristocratic and the rich during the seventeenth and the eighteenth century. I was the
Brescia – Franciacorta an area near lake Iseo dedicated to spumante wines Read Post »
by Gabriele Monti December 3rd, 2012 The gastronomic heart of Tuscany is found on the Tuscan hill: the Apennines with the flavours of the mountains, and certainly by Tyrrhenian Sea with seafood. Tuscany is mainly a hilly land and with lots of vineyard and olive trees, sunflowers, fruit orchards, woodland and pasture. A lot of
A tour in the hearth of the culinary tradition of Tuscany Read Post »