Greetings,
I’m back from the Sagra dei Crotti Festival in Chiavenna, Italy. It’s in this quaint town in the mountains which is right up my alley and probably yours too. I will elaborate about it later but for now, behold their food and wine festival. I’m still stuffed thanks to a gregarious chef who gave me handfuls of diced cheese on top of all the other plates I ingested throughout the day.
The city is beyond picturesque and they have these grottos called crotti; roughly 1000 of them which have the breath of the mountain and as a result keep a perfect temperature of 8-10 degrees year round. Only 10 are open to the public, the rest are all held privately by people who know how to live.
This festival opens some of them up to the public and all money raised goes towards a local association. It’s a great time and people from all over were there, met crews from Milan an various other places. Also, I eat so much top shelf cheese and meats and drank red wine like it was going out of style. I never drink red wine as it stains your teeth but this time, I made an exception.
It also has a crazy palace but more on that later…
Here are a few pics, click here to read the full story. I’d share more here but It’s Sunday afternoon in Milan and I’m feeling FRESH so I’m going to stroll the streets with a fistful of fiat currency and buy whatever I feel like putting in my suitcase; it’s that kinda day.
Picked up these kicks, my feet are wondering why I hadn’t sooner.
Dubz – I feel like a heel for asking you this morning if you were going shoe shopping. Hadn’t seen this post yet. Very nice! This post will have me dwelling on sausage (culinary) for the remainder of the day…
I still need some business casual and heard there is a shop called Carnavale which is supposedly top shelf.
Also, heard TOD’S has a great selection and is a quality Italian brand.