Tag: food
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Acqui wine days Acqui DOC
There was alot of activities in and around Acqui for this celebration of wine with the Acqui DOGC appellation. But first what is Acqui DOC? Acqui DOC includes Rosé, Red brachhetto, Red docetto, Red sparking sweet wine. Quite a range for a small town, lets’s look at each one in more detail. First up is…
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Castello di Grinzane Cavour
This week found me traveling across the misty hills towards Alba and the vine clad regione surrounding Castello Di Grinzane Cavour. It is a beautiful area and whilst most of the Enogastronomia conference was in underground rooms the lunch was an absolutely unbeatable location The Castello does have a wine shop and museum covering the…
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Summers end stocking up for winter.
As the summer fruits ripen and give way to Autumn, I like to collect and blend the result into a slow cooked sort of jam, good with cheese or alone on bread. It also gives you s sense of summer in the dead of winter, when you most need it! Today I am cooking figs,…
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Next week in Acqui Terme FLOWERS & FOOD
An event dedicated to gardens both land and aquatic with Food thrown in, because well this is Italy, food is thrown in at every occasion!!