image of Mushroom varieties at Al Casin Gamba, in Altissimo Chiampo, Italy

Day 7 Porcini is King

An entire restaurant, up in the hills overlooking Vicenza, completely devoted to the preparation of wild and rare mushrooms, only in Italy.  Finding Al Casin Gamba, in Altissimo Chiampo, is…
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Mantova pastries

Day 3 Risotto alla Pilotta

“Mantova is a very important food town” we were told by several Italians, when I enquired as to whether or not it was worth a visit.  Feeling that “an important”…
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Day 1 Lardo

First night and we are feasting on Lardo.  Yup. LARD.  Pig fat.  Not even like the French lardons – those have at least an inkling of meat.  Just the fat…
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image of Mushroom varieties at Al Casin Gamba, in Altissimo Chiampo, Italy

8 Delicious Days

Just got back from a week in Italy working a product development project.  The work was interesting, with an awesome group of people – I learnt a lot about fresh…
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