Alba to host International Alba White Truffle Fair

Monday, September 30, 2019

The Italian city, Alba, is all set to host the 89th edition of the international food and beverage festival “International Alba White Truffle Fair”.

Scheduled to be held from October 5 to November 24, the festival will offer plenty of opportunities to enjoy the world’s rarest gastronomic treasure -Tuber Magnatum Pico (also known as White Truffles) in its entire splendour in a fun-filled atmosphere of folklore, culture, cuisine, show cooking workshops.

Tuber Magnatum Pico has a strong, but pleasant aroma and earthy flavour. One can buy certified truffles under the watchful eyes of judges of the National Truffle Study Centre.

The festival will also offer Piedmont’s superior produce including hazelnuts, world-famous red wines of Barolo, Barbaresco and Nebiolo. Cheese, fresh pasta as well as a temporary kitchen serving up local specialities would be among the other attractions. A fun space would also be dedicated to the children at the venue in which children and their families would be engaged into various activities, workshops and games through which they would be discovering nature, territory, cuisine, ancient traditions and much more.

A brand new truffle slicer designed by Italian restauranteur Davide Oldani would also be unveiled during the festival.

“Food happens to be the most extraordinary expressions of material culture. This is also undoubtedly one of the reasons for travelling to the hills of Roero, Langhe and Monferrato. The Alba White Truffle is the perfect bond between traditional and starred cuisine. It will be among one of the main attractions of our festival,” said the president of the International Alba White Truffle Fair, Liliana Allena.

This has to be mentioned here that Alba joined the UNESCO list of creative cities of gastronomy in 2017. “The festival will allow visitors to get to know the most precious fruit of our land. The festival attracts a good number of tourists every year,” said Alba’s Mayor Carlo Bo.

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