Fisticuffs in Friuli?

Slow Food Friuli Wine Tasting One of our last workshops at the Salone del Gusto was a tasting of wines from the Friuli region of Italy. Little did we know there was a rebel in the crowd and that passions were going to run very high.

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Zone Diet and Cocktails at the Salone del Gusto

Day 3 and we’re about to rename this event the Salone del Bust-Out because the temptation to taste is so strong, we can’t resist, and now we are about to Bust Out of our clothes! We finished off last night with a rousingly good cocktail workshop hosted by Agostino Perrone. He runs the fabled Connaught Hotel Bar in London.

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Palette Chaos at Salone del Gusto

Take a left at Puglia This Slow Food “Salone” thing is huge. We’ve gotten the lay of the land and now talk about making a left at Puglia, or you should go past Liguria to find Umbria, and do you want to eat in Spain today? Could you resist walking through Liguria and not tasting five varieties of pesto?

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Eataly The Mothership

We rolled into Torino this afternoon and can you imagine our good luck? The original Eataly is right across the street. Hello!! We dropped our bags (and the kitty) in the hotel and made a beeline to The Mothership: the original mack daddy Eataly.

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Slow Food Salone del Gusto

We're off to Torino to attend the Slow Food Salone del Gusto.  I'm hoping to be able to blog from Torino, but you just never know how the internet connection will be. This is a massive conference with producers from all over the globe  coming in to show off their wares, discuss food trends and…

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