Next weekend, brothers Giancarlo and Ugo Lussiana will travel to Turin from the Sangone valley to the north, carrying several wheels of their own cheese, Cevrin di Coazze. A rare raw milk cheese, only produced between March and November and aged for a minimum of three months, when perfectly ripe it melts in your mouth like hazelnut cream. The Lussianas are among the last producers – and passionate about their art.
They’re just one of over 1,200 exhibitors who’ll be proudly showing off their wares at the 10th Salone del Gusto, the biennial Slow Food event (23-27 October) held in Turin, which brings together some of the most food-passionate people in the world.
You can wander the food halls, where artisan producers will talk you through everything from olives all’ascolana (fried olives from the Marche region) to endangered Alpine cheeses and niche delicacies like the granular Modica Chocolate (of course, sampling of all wares is essential and there’s plenty to buy to take home too), not to mention the hundreds of Italian wines chosen for the Slow Wine Guide. There are foodie workshops, a cooking school (for the first time this year) and dinners to book too, as well as discussions about food and its social and cultural impact at the Terra Madre conference, which runs alongside the Salone, with speakers from around the world. It’s all serious food for thought – and the stomach too.
• Tickets come in one-, two- and five-day passes and cost from €20 (or €10 for Slow Food members) for access to the main halls and street food areas. Workshops from €20-€50, salonedelgusto.com
View all comments >
comments
Sign in or create your Guardian account to join the discussion.
This discussion is closed for comments.
We’re doing some maintenance right now. You can still read comments, but please come back later to add your own.
Commenting has been disabled for this account (why?)