Trip to Italy, to Milan, Bologna, and Naples, with my ITA 309 seminar ("Italy, the Land of Slow Food"), studying the Slow Food movement, Italian gastronomy and food culture.

cappuccini and biscotti
first night in Milan

Rigoletto program
Rigoletto, at La Scala

chiesa
church in Milan

Duomo
Milan

galleria
Milan

first meal
takeaway Panzarotti before the opera in Milan

La Scala
Milan's opera house

girls before the show
outside La Scala in Milan

chandelier
inside La Scala

Scala
view from the Galleria

intermission
group at the opera

mirrors
intermission at La Scala

drinks
first night in Milan, after the opera

bus ride
snowy countryside on the way to Pollenzo

Universita
gastronomic university in Pollenzo

Pollenzo
gastronomic university in Pollenzo

whole group
outside the Duomo in Milan

Pollenzo church

path to the University
gastronomic university in Pollenzo

Pollenzo
gastronomic university in Pollenzo

La Banca del Vino
gastronomic university in Pollenzo

wines
gastronomic university in Pollenzo

Carlo Petrini
president of the Slow Food movement

banca del vino
gastronomic university in Pollenzo

wine storage
Banca del Vino at the gastronomic university in Pollenzo

wine barrel chair
La Banca del Vino at the gastronomic university in Pollenzo

table settings
restaurant in Pollenzo

bread sticks
Slow Food restaurant

veal with tuna
slow food restaurant in Pollenzo

broccoli flan
slow food restaurant in Pollenzo

Piemontese pasta
slow food restaurant in Pollenzo

menu
slow food restaurant in Pollenzo

Petrini
with the chef at the slow food restaurant in Pollenzo

slow food school
gastronomic university in Pollenzo

palazzo
outside of Milan

shutters
medieval house outside Milan

panna cotta
slow food restaurant in Pollenzo

group with Petrini
Pollenzo

wall
medieval house outside Milan

welcome
medieval house outside Milan

medieval house
medieval house outside Milan

homemade marmellata
medieval house outside Milan

polenta
cooking polenta for our lunch at the medieval house outside Milan

gatekeeper
medieval house outside Milan

garden
medieval house outside Milan

medieval house

banquet
medieval house outside Milan

hostess
medieval house outside Milan

appetizers

tomato pate
medieval house outside Milan

aperitivo
prosecco and olive pate

cheese and jams

antipasti

table decor
medieval house outside Milan

turtles
medieval house outside Milan

making polenta
medieval house outside Milan

medieval lunch
medieval house outside Milan

quiches
medieval house outside Milan

polenta pot
medieval house outside Milan

Elena
our hostess at I Vallicelli

more vino
medieval house outside Milan

pear
medieval house outside Milan

orange cake
medieval house outside Milan

jams
homemade at i Vallicelli

i vallicelli
medieval house outside Milan

medieval house
medieval house outside Milan

polenta and meat
medieval house outside Milan

vegetables
medieval house outside Milan

shutters
medieval house outside Milan

gnomes

gnarly branches

train ride

Bologna

church in Bologna

Piazza Maggiore
Bologna

Bologna centro

tour guide
Bologna

pasta
Bologna

Atti bread
Bologna

bread shop
Bologna

leaving Milan

church face
Bologna

pigeon chaser
Bologna

bread
Bologna

shaped breads
Bologna

sweets
Atti bread, Bologna

caramel tagliatelle
Atti shop, Bologna

candied fruits
Bologna

meats
Bologna

market
Bologna

meat tasting
Bologna

shirt tree?
Bologna

pigeons
Bologna

Neptune fountain
Bologna

Neptune mermaid
Bologna

hot chocolate
Bologna

Albergo Orologio
our hotel in Bologna

Beatrice's house
Bologna, where we went to taste the Fabbri cocktails

Fabbri
cherry liqueur

orologio
Bologna clock tower

class trip
Bologna

scallette
Bologna

Municipio
Bologna

cocktail
Fabbri drink at Beatrice's

aperitivi
snacks and drinks at Beatrice's

amici
friends out in Bologna

overcast day
Bologna

Universita di Bologna

crests
university of Bologna

chiesa San Stefano
Bologna

stonework
chiesa San Stefano in Bologna

hotel room
Albergo Orologio, Bologna

snowfall
Bologna

snow in Bologna

pasta making
agriturismo outside Bologna

pasta ingredients
agriturismo outside Bologna

crests
University of Bologna

autopsy room
University of Bologna

making pasta
agriturismo outside Bologna

Naples

vini
lunch in Naples

lunch in Naples

Vesuvio
the volcano looking out over Naples

Napoli

Napoli

interview
Prof. Frassica getting interviewed at the University of Naples

Naples theater
where we saw a performance of Macbeth

theater box
waiting for Macbeth

sleeping ducks

ceiling
at the Villa Pignatelli in Naples

Villa Pignatelli
Naples

chandelier
at the Villa Pignatelli in Naples

columns
at the Villa Pignatelli in Naples

clock
at the Villa Pignatelli in Naples

gardens
at the Villa Pignatelli in Naples

Villa Pignatelli
at the Villa Pignatelli in Naples

Napoli

fishing boats
Naples

fishing
Naples

cane
at the Villa Pignatelli in Naples

beach
Naples

castello
Naples

locks
Naples

amore per sempre
Naples

locks
Naples

Italian flag
Naples

castello d'ovo
Naples

lamp post
Naples

boats
near the castello d'ovo

fishing
Naples

castello d'ovo
Naples

rooster
at the castello d'ovo, Naples

cannon
at the castello d'ovo, Naples

blue
at the castello d'ovo, Naples

seagull
at the castello d'ovo, Naples

smelling the pasta
Pasticio Garofano

spaghetti
Pasticio Garofano

hairnets
Pasticio Garofano

pasta factory
Pasticio Garofano

bowties
Pasticio Garofano

waving spaghetti
Pasticio Garofano

fresh pasta
Pasticio Garofano

antipasti
final dinner at the citta del gusto

pasta
final dinner at the citta del gusto

chocolate cake
final dinner at the citta del gusto

final dinner
citta del gusto, Naples