19-08-2013
Locanda Margon’s starred chef Alfio Ghezzi, from Trentino, +39.0461.349401, imagines that he’s showing the author of the Italian Journey, who at the time only spent a few hours in Trento, the best establishments in town
I was in Milan, cutting the butter into pieces in order to cream the amaranth. I was only a few steps from one of the most fascinating squares in the world, with a simple, opaque window separating me from it. Indeed, it prevented me from seeing it but it wasn’t stopping the sense of grandeur and universality that this place imparts. Still, I started to think that the “polentina” I was preparing would have been more suitable for the palate and the taste of mountain people: simple, rich and flavourful like the cuisine of Trentino! That dish brought me back to my territory, to the dishes of my adolescence, but also to a Trento I had experienced 20 years ago, a city made of authors and books. I was happily dreaming of going back there, imagining I was the eager comrade-in-arms of Goethe who in his Italian Journey dedicated only a few hours to Trento. So I imagined inviting him to a fantastic place, one that is dear to all the people of Trento, one from which you can enjoy a unique view of the city, from North to South and to Vallagarina while in front of you, you have the imposing oriental side of Mount Bondone.
The dining room of Scrigno del Duomo
1. to be continued
Men who, for a moment, leave pots and pans to tell us their experience and point of view
by
From Western concert flute to cakes