If you are a foodie, then being in Italy is the best thing that could ever happen to you. The capital of the Piedmont region of the country, Turin is famous for its delicacies and origin of certain dishes not found with the same essence in any other part of the country.
The wines and truffles of Turin are world famous and getting to have a taste of it in the city itself is an experience of a lifetime. Taking a tour of the vineyards in Turin and then finding the best known wines here such as Barbaresco and Barolo is something a foodie would dream of doing in here.
Chasing after some amazing and salivating truffles here is not a tough job to do especially if you are here during the autumn season. The annual white truffle festival held here would expose you to an unlimited supply of truffle that you would love to taste. The entire culture of Turin is based on food and the culture here still comprises of recipes and food ingredients and luckily enough the locals of the region has been successfully and proudly preserving the heritage and traditions of the age old norms.
The great cuisines and dishes are born in Turin as a result of the amalgamation of the cuisines of both local and court cuisines during the time when Turin was the capital city of the Savoia Kingdom. The culinary science of Turin is divided into mainly three parts. First part comprises of the city restaurants, second comprises of the traditional eating houses which have become innovative and creative with the passage of time and last but not the least, there are the ethnic locals with broad minds suggesting for new gastronomic territories if anyone is interested. Turin is a place which revises its dishes and cuisines, thus adopting new measures and tastes into its traditional method.
The contribution of Turin to the dessert world is also extravagant for any person visiting Turin can never afford to miss out on chocolate hazelnut paste also known locally as gianduja. The gianduja made in the form of chocolate candies are available in all sweet shops around the city. Today this flavour combination has attained so much of popularity owing to its finger licking taste that it is popular worldwide as Nutella: the company that started in Turin way back in 1946.
With annual food festival organized here in large numbers, you might want to witness them and in order to do so, you will need to follow the Turin festival calendar and plan your trip accordingly. When visiting Italy, Turin is a must visit place to satiate your hungry soul.