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Eating, drinking, and loving Italian food and wine culture at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Colorno, Italy. Learning about responsible and environmentally sustainable means of food consumption, and eating my way to gastronomic enlightenment. Mangia Mangia!!

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Grassroots Gourmet

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Grassroots Gourmet · 11M ago

Stream of Consciousness

It has been almost 6 months since I’ve written here. I apologize to all of my readers that I have been away so long, but in the past 6 months I have undergone one of the most challenging periods of my life thus far. This post isn’t your typical Grassroots Gourmet organic food diatribe, but [...]

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

Clandestino Chaos

The lack of posts can be easily justified by the explanation of the utter chaos and insanity that has been endured in the past 3 weeks of my life. I know most of you come to this blog to read about the adventures of my stomach, but this time the only thing my stomach [...]

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

Operation: Help Michelle Get a Job!

Curious to read about Parma’s art history? Want to cook some of the traditional meals from this area from home? Click on this link and buy some awesome cook books and art history books from the heart of Parma… available both in Italian and English. CLICK HERE TO BUY *Also if you buy this book [...]

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

Palazzo Dalla Rosa Prati Blog

Check out the new blog that I am writing for the Palazzo. Rosa Prati Blog Ah, the life of fake employment.

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

Parmesan Paradise: Chapter 2

After a year filled of cured meats, fine cheeses, and endlessly flowing wine, the end of my course at the University of Gastronomic Sciences was not enough to get me to leave my ‘hometown’ of Parma. Unfortunately, in the last week of my stay in the school provided apartments, I realized that soon I

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

New Beginnings and a Potential Partner for Pasta

The moment has arrived, my graduation from the University of Gastronomic Sciences is coming up this Friday. A sad time indeed, this is a moment of strange transitions and uncomfortable changes. Important questions like, what side of the Atlantic Ocean will I be living on in 10 days, did my 18 years

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

Salone del Gusto: 4 Days of Gluttonous Determination

Thanks to Salone del Gusto, the Slow Food event of a lifetime, I have to go shopping for a larger pants size and maybe a visit to the doctor to control my liver function. Arriving at the Lingotto Convention Center in Turin’s city center, I was blown away by the sheer size of the event. [...]

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

Slow Food Army, Unite!

The moment has arrived, from October 21-25, the biennial (this means once every two years, I looked it up) culmination of everything that the Slow Food movement stands for, Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto at the Lingotto Convention Center in Turin, Italy. Though both events are sponsored by Slow Fo

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

Grassroots Gourmet: Adopted by Italia

I’ve been picked up! Aside from the many Italian suitors that want to take me out for aperitivo (haha), Made In Kitchen, an Italian food website, has given me a column on their website. To them, I am the token American who has fallen deeply in love with their cuisine, excited to share my eating [...

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Grassroots Gourmet · 1Y ago

When Wine Takes Over

In Italy’s designated land of pork and Parmigiano, there’s always room for a vineyard.While Emilia-Romagna might not be particularly well-known for having an extensive or flourishing viticulture, the region produces a large amount of Lambrusco and even some international grapes including Chardonnay

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