The connoisseurs of high quality Piedmontese wines from the Langhe hills know these two words: bric and sorì. However, the visitor who is not a great specialist in the best wines from Piemonte, the two words bric and sorì followed by a proper name (for example sorì Paitin or bric del Fiasc) always arouse some doubts and perplexity. These are words from the Piedmontese [...]
What are the ingredients for a good cheese? Obviously good milk and a cheesemaker respectful of the rules of cleanliness and tradition. Even before, however, it is important to feed the animals that produce milk! That's why the cheeses from the Alpine valleys are so extraordinarily good: there are no intensive farms, the animals graze outdoors for more than 8 months a year and [...]
The first time I "saw" someone playing the goat violino, it was in the hands of my friend Stefano Masanti, patron and chef of Il Cantinone Restaurant in Madesimo. Violin? Goat? Let's put some order to learn about this gourmet rarity, produced in Valchiavenna, a small alpine valley in North Como. Throughout the Alps there are different methods of preserving meat based on dehydration: [...]