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Bagna cauda recipe: Asti's slow garlic and anchovy dip
Piedmont's autumn starter comes down to one technique: garlic and anchovies melted into olive oil over the lowest flame. Here it is for four, with the vegetables to dip.

Phone-free restaurants: Sardinia trials screenless family meals
Fifteen restaurants in ten Sardinian towns ask parents and children to put their devices in a basket for a month, and hand out board games designed with paediatricians.

Italy's olive oil prices halve as Europe's harvest grows
Extra virgin prices in Italy have fallen by roughly half in a year as record stocks pile up and a bigger regional harvest pushes the whole market lower.

World Truffle Auction returns to Grinzane Cavour on 8 November
The charity sale that closes Alba's truffle fair moves to its 27th edition at the UNESCO-listed castle, a year after its top lot sold for €110,000 to a buyer in Hong Kong.

Italy's Tommaso Grollero wins World Chocolate Masters 2026
The Italian chocolatier took the title at the Grand Final in Antwerp, beating 14 other finalists in a competition marking its 20th anniversary this year.

Michelin Guide Italy 2027 to crown its stars in Piacenza
Inspectors will reveal the new selection on 12 November at the Teatro Municipale, the third year running the ceremony has landed in Emilia-Romagna after Modena and Parma.

Pumpkin risotto recipe: the Mantovana way with sage
Roasting the squash before it meets the rice is what keeps this autumn risotto tasting of pumpkin instead of watered-down orange starch.

Alba's white truffle fair runs to December in its 96th year
The World Truffle Market, chef-led dinners and cooking classes keep the Langhe hills busy through December 6, as this year's harvest finds its price.

Vincisgrassi recipe: the Marche's EU-protected lasagna
Hand-chopped chicken giblets, cloves and nutmeg set this Macerata classic apart from ordinary lasagna — and earned it EU protected status in 2022.

World Buffalo Congress returns to Italy after 20 years
Five hundred delegates from 20 countries meet in Sorrento this week to discuss the animal behind Campania's mozzarella di bufala, and the market around it.

Diamanti a Tavola truffle festival opens in Amandola
Three starred chefs cook across nine days as the Marche region's white-truffle festival returns to the Sibillini mountains, far from Alba's crowds.

Niko Romito's Reale scores a record 99 at Gambero Rosso
Gambero Rosso's new Ristoranti d'Italia guide gives the Abruzzo restaurant its highest score ever, ahead of Osteria Francescana and Piazza Duomo.
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