Considerato uno dei padri della moderna pasticceria italiana, Gino Fabbri ha vinto la Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie di Lione nel 2015 ed è il presidente dell’Associazione maestri pasticceri italiani. Sguardo mite, sorriso bonario, appassionato cultore delle tradizioni dolciarie nazionali e bolognesi, professionista di lungo corso, assurto ai massimi riconoscimenti internazionali senza mai perdere di vista l’umiltà e la semplicità, suoi tratti distintivi. Gino Fabbri è un connubio perfetto di artigianalità e tradizione, con la missione di divulgare l’eccezionale qualità delle materie prime italiane. Non mi vergogno ad ammettere che fino a non molto tempo fa non conoscevo la sua eccellenza, l’ho scoperto nel 2000 quando il suo dolce vinse il concorso per la Torta del Giubileo, una libidine composta da una mousse al cioccolato fondente e amarena di Vignola su croccanti di pralinato alle mandorle, biscotto morbido inzuppato al Kirsh e glassa all’amarena. Più avanti nel tempo, durante un week end a Bologna sono andata nella sua pasticceria ed ho assaggiato, e sinceramente sono rimasta deliziata. Se volete un consiglio, nel caso vi trovaste da quelle parti, non mancate di fare una visita golosa alla sua pasticceria, considerata ormai un punto di riferimento nazionale per tutti gli amanti dell’arte bianca. Per oggi vi lascio dei semplicissimi, ma deliziosi biscotti preparati con una sua ricetta.

Ingredienti 

210 gr di farina di farro 

65 gr di fecola di patate

75 gr di zucchero a velo

1/2 bacca di vaniglia

la scorza di mezzo limone bio grattugiata

75 ml di latte freddo

175 gr di burro morbido

1 gr di sale

In una ciotola montate, con l’ausilio delle fruste elettriche, il burro morbido con lo zucchero, quando avrete ottenuto una massa soffice, aggiungete i semi della bacca di vaniglia, la scorza di limone, la fecola e montate ancora. Quando gli ingredienti saranno ben amalgamati, sciogliete il sale nel latte ed uniteli all’impasto. Seguitate unendo, poco per volta, la farina setacciata con l’accortezza di mantenere bassa la velocità delle fruste. Versate l’impasto ottenuto in un sac a poche, oppure se preferite nella spara biscotti. Io ho utilizzato quest’ultima. Quindi dopo aver scelto il dischetto o il beccuccio che preferite, formate i vostri biscotti. Io avendo usato la sparabiscotti, li ho “sparati” direttamente sulla teglia del forno senza preventivamente ungerla e senza carta da forno, in questo modo infatti i biscotti aderiranno meglio e non si attaccheranno. Una volta formati tutti i biscotti, metteteli 5 minuti in frigorifero prima di infornarli, manterranno meglio la forma.  Cuocete, in forno già caldo, a 170° per circa 12 minuti, facendo attenzione che non si scuriscano troppo. Se volete, prima di infornare, potrete decorare i biscotti con un pezzettino di frutta candita o di frutta secca o anche con una puntina di confettura. Una volta freddi potrete conservarli, nella classica scatola di latta, per 8/10 giorni. 

Buon appetito!

Doctors give many rules, which I’m not always happy to follow. But when it comes to breakfast, I totally agree with them: in the morning it’s better to eat well.

Here in Bologna we usually treat ourselves with one or two buttery and creamy croissants and a great cappuccino, naturally. Here are the places where I usually go to start the day with a twist of taste.

Since 2001 this small shop in via Porta Nova is the haunt of every coffee lover in Bologna. Behind the counter, Alessandro dances with his coffee machine, and Cristina assists people in choosing their favourite coffee a la carte.
​
When Rick Stein was in Bologna fell deeply in love with them and it’s not hard to say why.

With Alessandro and Cristina, more friends than working partners, we’ve also created an unconventional coffee lesson. A compass to navigate amongst the varieties of beans, provenances and processes of toasting and filtering.
​Or just to enjoy one of the best cappuccino of your life in their intimate living room.

My tip
Ask Cristina to choose for you in the coffee list. She’s never wrong. 

Info
Aroma Caffè
​ Via Porta Nova 12/b, 40123 Bologna BO
Tel. 051 225895
www.ilpiaceredelcaffe.it

Small shop, great selection of coffee.
Manuel Terzi is one of the few pioneers who started to take care of every single step from the beans to the espresso. So every coffee has a signature and you can’t go wrong.

​Find your spot at the counter and ask the kind Elena to choose for you amongst the 6 blends or single origin coffee: from the elegant Turkish Arabica or the intense Indian Robusta.

My tip 
Caffè pistachio is more than a coffee. A delicious start for your day.

Info
​Caffè Terzi Via Guglielmo Oberdan, 10/d, 40126 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 034 4819
www.caffeterzi.it​

The name means “Queen of Diamonds”, and once you step into the café, you’ll truly start feeling like in Wonderland.

The small pastries are bites of every European sweet tradition: Lemon Meringue Pie from France, Sachertorte from Austria, Black Forest from Germany. And of course the Italian ones: Neapolitan babà, Sicilian cannoli and the super-local Bolognese rice cake.

​All made by the hands of Francesco Elmi, not just another pastry chef.

​My tip
Try the fluffy puff filled with custard cream, lightly fried and covered in sugar. Then walk up to San Luca to atone for your sin.

Info
Regina di Quadri
Via Castiglione, 73/A, 40124 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 644 6201
www.pasticceriareginadiquadri.it

Baseball caps, sneakers and a t-shirt that says: “Fuck the diet!”.
You can’t expect fancy waiters at Forno Brisa. It’s more like your foodie room-mates from college opened a bakery – and it’s pretty much how the story has gone.

And it works, it definitely does. These guys started a few years ago with amazing bread, then the pizza came, and lately the specialty coffee.

Now they run 3 shops in Bologna and lead a team of young boys and girls, always ready to unveil every secret of sourdough and Aeropress. Perfect for tasting a croissant wondering what’s coming next.

My tip
Someone said pizza?

Info
Forno Brisa
Via Galliera, 34d, 40121 Bologna
Via San Felice, 91A, 40122 Bologna
Via Castiglione, 43, 40124 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 248556
​​www.fornobrisa.it

Bad news first: it’s not properly in the city center and you need to take a taxi to get there. Good news: it will worth every second of your trip.

Gino Fabbri is the best pastry chef in Bologna, no doubts about it. All he does is to give you first quality butter, milk, flour and vanilla. He learned how to combine them after many years of practice.
Plus, he looks like the Bolognese cheerful grandfather.

The only problem is that you can’t eat the whole selection displayed on the counter.
​You need an offensive strategy: focus on a croissant filled with custard cream and attack in the flank with some mignons.

My tip
If you are in Bologna during Christmas time, you have to eat Gino Fabbri’s panettone.
​4 versions: classic, nuvola (with candied apricots and almond), delizia (with a soft citrus paste) and divino (with milk and strong chocolate drops and orange). Do I need to say that is amazing?

Second tip 
I like to give tips, sorry. You can find his focaccia at Galliera 49, one of the best gelato shops in Bologna. Fill it with gelato alla crema and think about your sad colleagues in the office eating salad.

Info
Gino Fabbri Pasticcere
Via Cadriano, 27/2, 40127 Bologna
​Tel: +39 051 505074
www.ginofabbri.com

Croissants can be your worst nightmare when you’ve got a sweet tooth and an intolerance to gluten.

This bar offers 100% selection of gluten-free pastries and snacks for breakfast, lunch and aperitivo. Set just outside the Mercato delle Erbe it’s on the top of the list of the best gluten free places to eat in Bologna.
Around here it’s known as “the celiac’s paradise”, you can guess why.
​
My tip
On the window next to the bar, Fiordaliso offers hot pizza and calzoni and, if you’re lucky, Sicilian cannoli.

Fiordaliso Caffetteria, Pasticceria e Ristorante
Via Nazario Sauro, 8, 40121 Bologna BO
Tel. +39 051 264444

This fancy café with sparkling chandeliers has been working since 1907.
Breakfast here is a metaphor of life. You struggle to get what you want – in this case a coffee in an always busy place – but at the end, you get your reward.

At Gamberini it’s a heavenly perfect mimosa mignon with wild strawberry.

My tip
Follow your eyes and get the most colourful tart, all pastry is outstanding.

Info
Café Pasticceria Gamberini
Via Ugo Bassi, 12/R, 40123 Bologna
Tel. 051 2960467
www.gamberini.eu

Italian folk wisdom says: if you need to flavour a cappuccino, it’s not a good cappuccino. This new and modern bar near Piazza Malpighi breaks the rule.

​They call it lampuccino, and there’s a new recipe every month. Choose between cappuccino with hazelnut, Orient Espresso with ginger and cinnamon, or La Rosa nel Bosco, with blueberries and rose petals.

You can also find pancakes, panini and avocado bagels, although they don’t mess with traditional breakfast.

​Lampadina looks like the place you can find also in London, Madrid or NYC. But the coffee is great and this is a good news.

My tip 
During summer ask for a refreshing and tasty cold brew.

Info
Lampadina
Via Barberia, 34, 40123, Bologna
Tel. ‭051 0064196‬
​www.lampadinacafe.it

No Facebook page, no website and definitely no Instagram profile.

Nevertheless, everybody knows Bar Billi. It’s one of the few – probably the only one – really authentic bars still remaining in Bologna..
It was founded in 1953 by Giuseppe Billi after more than 50 years of coffees, brioches, amari and jokes within the regular customers.

1953 was probably also the last time they let a “graphic designer” step into the bar, too.
You can tell it by the signs and the super-vintage box of the most popular cake they produce, the truly local Panspziêl, with almonds, candied fruits and chocolate.

Even the location is quite old-fashioned: it’s outside the glamorous city centre, a few meters far from the beginning of average Sunday walk -the path to San Luca Sanctuary, close to the monumental part of the Certosa Cemetery, and not to mention, just outside the entrance of the football stadium.

My tip
Don’t think twice: order a coffee with Sambuca, chalk your pool stick and join the game.

Info
Bar Billi 1883
Via Pietro de Coubertin, 1, 40135 Bologna
Tel. +39 051 614 2225

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When I was a kid Bologna was my city of dreams.
​Dinosaurs in cinemas, dinosaurs in toy shops, real dinosaurs in a museum!

My Jurassic age has gone, but if you’re planning a few days in Bologna with your children here are my suggestions to make them WOOOOW like I did.

When I was a kid I used to spend summer holidays on the mountain with my grandparents.
I was quite a picky boy. 
So picky that I only wanted hot gelato.
My granddad used to mock me about that, but times passes and flavours changes fortunately. 
Now I can’t live without gelato.

Not only Bologna has the best gelato I know, but a full museum dedicated to it.

Set inside Carpigiani, world leader manufacturer of gelato machines, there’s the heaven of gelato lovers.

At Carpigiani Gelato museum you first learn about the history of this unique food. Then you put your hands on with workshops for kids and adults to practice the art of making gelato with professional trainers.

Info
Gelato Museum Carpigiani 
Via Emilia, 45, 40011 Anzola dell’Emilia BO
Tel. 051 650 5306
www.gelatomuseum.com

Ideal for kids of 6 – 18

Titullo, Pallino, Ramona, Platero.
No, they’re not hidden characters of Midsummer night’s dream.
Those are the names of pigs and donkeys that you can meet at Dulcamara.

Up on the hills, just 20 min from Bologna city centre you find an amazing farm for kids and adults.

Dulcamara is a petting zoo, a restaurant and a place to just relax in the nature, with a wonderful view on Bologna.

Kids can learn to recognize aromatic herbs and forgotten fruits. They can approach horses and saddle up, press with their feet during harvest, or just relax and play in a quiet park.

​You can also start from Dulcamara for trekking and visit caves, fields and rivers.
​Dulcamara is also an agriturismo with 5 rooms and a camping area.

Info
Cooperativa Dulcamara
Via Tolara di Sopra, 78, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia BO
Tel. +39 051 796643
www.coopdulcamara.it

Ideal for kids of 2 – 14

My secret oasis of relax.
Just near the vibrant life of Piazza Maggiore, you find Bologna’s most important public library. 
It’s my mandatory stop after a Bologna food tour, to get a coffee, some silence and a quick look to music magazines. 

But it can be amazing for kids too. 
A full section is dedicated to them, from 0 to 99 years old.

If you have a baby there’s a room for you with rugs and cushions and a corner where mothers can breastfeed. 

Books of fear, friendship, food, nature can be found amongst the shelves. And with “Born to read” project, paediatricians and librarians help parents and children to develop the love for reading.

The library also has a terrace with a small vegetable garden.
Before the summer harvest, kids can read books among courgettes, aubergines and tomatoes.

Info
Biblioteca Sala Borsa
Piazza del Nettuno, 3, 40124 Bologna BO
Tel. 051 219 4400
www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/ragazzi/
Free entrance

Ideal for kids of 0 – 18

Historical museums sound boring just from the name. 
And how hard is for a kid to walk through rooms full of bow and arrows, mummies and swords and follow the only rule of NOT TOUCH ANYTHING?

Fortunately, this museum is different.
An old map of Bologna welcome you at the entrance and it’s probably one of the few things you can’t touch.

From the origins of Felsina, the Etruscan name of Bologna, to the development of portici and towers, from the underground canals to the piano that Mozart played: Bologna is narrated in an unconventional and interactive way.

Consider a visit, not only if it rains or it’s too hot for a bowl of tortellini.

Info
Museo della Storia di Bologna – Palazzo Pepoli
Via Castiglione, 7, 40124 Bologna BO
Tel. 051 420 9411
genusbononiae.it/palazzi/palazzo-pepoli/
Tickets: 10€ Adults, 5€ from 5 to 18 years old.

Ideal for kids of 4 – 18

When I write this post (July 2018) OZ is fighting against closure. 
But it’s impossible not to mention this unique place.

12,000 sq m with the largest urban freestyle area in Europe: parkour, rollerblades, yoga, climbing, skateboarding and more.
A pinball museum, vintage video games, music and art. 
All for free. 

But this Eden park of sport is about to fade: the area where it stands has been bought by a Bank.
Time is running out and it won’t be easy to find an alternate location. 

I do hope a wizard will keep this world alive.

Info
OZ
Via Stalingrado 59, 40128 Bologna
Tel. 328 956 5823
www.ozbologna.org
Free entrance 

Ideal for kids of 6 – 18

You’re right. I promised.

At Museo Geologico Cappellini there’s a complete skeleton of a Diplodocus.
It’s 26m long, 4m tall and your kid will remember it forever.

You can find me there.

Info
Museo Geologico Cappellini
Via Zamboni, 63, 40126 Bologna
Tel. 051 209 4555
www.museocapellini.it

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When I was a kid Bologna was my city of dreams.
​Dinosaurs in cinemas, dinosaurs in toy shops, real dinosaurs in a museum!

My Jurassic age has gone, but if you’re planning a few days in Bologna with your children here are my suggestions to make them WOOOOW like I did.

When I was a kid I used to spend summer holidays on the mountain with my grandparents.
I was quite a picky boy. 
So picky that I only wanted hot gelato.
My granddad used to mock me about that, but times passes and flavours changes fortunately. 
Now I can’t live without gelato.

Not only Bologna has the best gelato I know, but a full museum dedicated to it.

Set inside Carpigiani, world leader manufacturer of gelato machines, there’s the heaven of gelato lovers.

At Carpigiani Gelato museum you first learn about the history of this unique food. Then you put your hands on with workshops for kids and adults to practice the art of making gelato with professional trainers.

Info
Gelato Museum Carpigiani 
Via Emilia, 45, 40011 Anzola dell’Emilia BO
Tel. 051 650 5306
www.gelatomuseum.com

Ideal for kids of 6 – 18

Titullo, Pallino, Ramona, Platero.
No, they’re not hidden characters of Midsummer night’s dream.
Those are the names of pigs and donkeys that you can meet at Dulcamara.

Up on the hills, just 20 min from Bologna city centre you find an amazing farm for kids and adults.

Dulcamara is a petting zoo, a restaurant and a place to just relax in the nature, with a wonderful view on Bologna.

Kids can learn to recognize aromatic herbs and forgotten fruits. They can approach horses and saddle up, press with their feet during harvest, or just relax and play in a quiet park.

​You can also start from Dulcamara for trekking and visit caves, fields and rivers.
​Dulcamara is also an agriturismo with 5 rooms and a camping area.

Info
Cooperativa Dulcamara
Via Tolara di Sopra, 78, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia BO
Tel. +39 051 796643
www.coopdulcamara.it

Ideal for kids of 2 – 14

My secret oasis of relax.
Just near the vibrant life of Piazza Maggiore, you find Bologna’s most important public library. 
It’s my mandatory stop after a Bologna food tour, to get a coffee, some silence and a quick look to music magazines. 

But it can be amazing for kids too. 
A full section is dedicated to them, from 0 to 99 years old.

If you have a baby there’s a room for you with rugs and cushions and a corner where mothers can breastfeed. 

Books of fear, friendship, food, nature can be found amongst the shelves. And with “Born to read” project, paediatricians and librarians help parents and children to develop the love for reading.

The library also has a terrace with a small vegetable garden.
Before the summer harvest, kids can read books among courgettes, aubergines and tomatoes.

Info
Biblioteca Sala Borsa
Piazza del Nettuno, 3, 40124 Bologna BO
Tel. 051 219 4400
www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/ragazzi/
Free entrance

Ideal for kids of 0 – 18

Historical museums sound boring just from the name. 
And how hard is for a kid to walk through rooms full of bow and arrows, mummies and swords and follow the only rule of NOT TOUCH ANYTHING?

Fortunately, this museum is different.
An old map of Bologna welcome you at the entrance and it’s probably one of the few things you can’t touch.

From the origins of Felsina, the Etruscan name of Bologna, to the development of portici and towers, from the underground canals to the piano that Mozart played: Bologna is narrated in an unconventional and interactive way.

Consider a visit, not only if it rains or it’s too hot for a bowl of tortellini.

Info
Museo della Storia di Bologna – Palazzo Pepoli
Via Castiglione, 7, 40124 Bologna BO
Tel. 051 420 9411
genusbononiae.it/palazzi/palazzo-pepoli/
Tickets: 10€ Adults, 5€ from 5 to 18 years old.

Ideal for kids of 4 – 18

When I write this post (July 2018) OZ is fighting against closure. 
But it’s impossible not to mention this unique place.

12,000 sq m with the largest urban freestyle area in Europe: parkour, rollerblades, yoga, climbing, skateboarding and more.
A pinball museum, vintage video games, music and art. 
All for free. 

But this Eden park of sport is about to fade: the area where it stands has been bought by a Bank.
Time is running out and it won’t be easy to find an alternate location. 

I do hope a wizard will keep this world alive.

Info
OZ
Via Stalingrado 59, 40128 Bologna
Tel. 328 956 5823
www.ozbologna.org
Free entrance 

Ideal for kids of 6 – 18

You’re right. I promised.

At Museo Geologico Cappellini there’s a complete skeleton of a Diplodocus.
It’s 26m long, 4m tall and your kid will remember it forever.

Info
Museo Geologico Cappellini
Via Zamboni, 63, 40126 Bologna
Tel. 051 209 4555
www.museocapellini.it

Ideal for kids and adults who still love Jurassic Park.

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When I was a kid Bologna was my city of dreams.
​Dinosaurs in cinemas, dinosaurs in toy shops, real dinosaurs in a museum!

My Jurassic age has gone, but if you’re planning a few days in Bologna with your children here are my suggestions to make them WOOOOW like I did.

When I was a kid I used to spend summer holidays on the mountain with my grandparents.
I was quite a picky boy. 
So picky that I only wanted hot gelato.
My granddad used to mock me about that, but times passes and flavours changes fortunately. 
Now I can’t live without gelato.

Not only Bologna has the best gelato I know, but a full museum dedicated to it.

Set inside Carpigiani, world leader manufacturer of gelato machines, there’s the heaven of gelato lovers.

At Carpigiani Gelato museum you first learn about the history of this unique food. Then you put your hands on with workshops for kids and adults to practice the art of making gelato with professional trainers.

Info
Gelato Museum Carpigiani 
Via Emilia, 45, 40011 Anzola dell’Emilia BO
Tel. 051 650 5306
www.gelatomuseum.com

Ideal for kids of 6 – 18

Titullo, Pallino, Ramona, Platero.
No, they’re not hidden characters of Midsummer night’s dream.
Those are the names of pigs and donkeys that you can meet at Dulcamara.

Up on the hills, just 20 min from Bologna city centre you find an amazing farm for kids and adults.

Dulcamara is a petting zoo, a restaurant and a place to just relax in the nature, with a wonderful view on Bologna.

Kids can learn to recognize aromatic herbs and forgotten fruits. They can approach horses and saddle up, press with their feet during harvest, or just relax and play in a quiet park.

​You can also start from Dulcamara for trekking and visit caves, fields and rivers.
​Dulcamara is also an agriturismo with 5 rooms and a camping area.

Info
Cooperativa Dulcamara
Via Tolara di Sopra, 78, 40064 Ozzano dell’Emilia BO
Tel. +39 051 796643
www.coopdulcamara.it

Ideal for kids of 2 – 14

My secret oasis of relax.
Just near the vibrant life of Piazza Maggiore, you find Bologna’s most important public library. 
It’s my mandatory stop after a Bologna food tour, to get a coffee, some silence and a quick look to music magazines. 

But it can be amazing for kids too. 
A full section is dedicated to them, from 0 to 99 years old.

If you have a baby there’s a room for you with rugs and cushions and a corner where mothers can breastfeed. 

Books of fear, friendship, food, nature can be found amongst the shelves. And with “Born to read” project, paediatricians and librarians help parents and children to develop the love for reading.

The library also has a terrace with a small vegetable garden.
Before the summer harvest, kids can read books among courgettes, aubergines and tomatoes.

Info
Biblioteca Sala Borsa
Piazza del Nettuno, 3, 40124 Bologna BO
Tel. 051 219 4400
www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it/ragazzi/
Free entrance

Ideal for kids of 0 – 18

Historical museums sound boring just from the name. 
And how hard is for a kid to walk through rooms full of bow and arrows, mummies and swords and follow the only rule of NOT TOUCH ANYTHING?

Fortunately, this museum is different.
An old map of Bologna welcome you at the entrance and it’s probably one of the few things you can’t touch.

From the origins of Felsina, the Etruscan name of Bologna, to the development of portici and towers, from the underground canals to the piano that Mozart played: Bologna is narrated in an unconventional and interactive way.

Consider a visit, not only if it rains or it’s too hot for a bowl of tortellini.

Info
Museo della Storia di Bologna – Palazzo Pepoli
Via Castiglione, 7, 40124 Bologna BO
Tel. 051 420 9411
genusbononiae.it/palazzi/palazzo-pepoli/
Tickets: 10€ Adults, 5€ from 5 to 18 years old.

Ideal for kids of 4 – 18

When I write this post (July 2018) OZ is fighting against closure. 
But it’s impossible not to mention this unique place.

12,000 sq m with the largest urban freestyle area in Europe: parkour, rollerblades, yoga, climbing, skateboarding and more.
A pinball museum, vintage video games, music and art. 
All for free. 

But this Eden park of sport is about to fade: the area where it stands has been bought by a Bank.
Time is running out and it won’t be easy to find an alternate location. 

I do hope a wizard will keep this world alive.

Info
OZ
Via Stalingrado 59, 40128 Bologna
Tel. 328 956 5823
www.ozbologna.org
Free entrance 

Ideal for kids of 6 – 18

You’re right. I promised.

At Museo Geologico Cappellini there’s a complete skeleton of a Diplodocus.
It’s 26m long, 4m tall and your kid will remember it forever.

Info
Museo Geologico Cappellini
Via Zamboni, 63, 40126 Bologna
Tel. 051 209 4555
www.museocapellini.it

Ideal for kids and adults who still love Jurassic Park.

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A walk under the sun in July? Too tiring? And if I tell you that you can drink and eat delicacies prepared by some of Bologna’s most famous chefs, made with prime ingredients, and walk and rest between lavender and wheat fields and old farmhouses? I bet you’ve already changed your mind. 

Forno Calzolari bakery opened in 1956 and is now managed by Matteo Calzolari, son of the original owner and partner of our food tours in Bologna. The usage of almost disappeared wheats, the quality and innovation of their bread (there’s a monthly bread with seasonal ingredients) and the will to create a quality network of restaurants and producers make Calzolari THE reference in Bologna about bread.

​Mangirò is a 15 km gastronomic walk between the hills of Monghidoro, in the countryside of Bologna, created 11 years ago by Matteo. The idea is simple: 
1. take some of the best chefs and patissiers of Bologna
2. ask them to prepare original dishes based on bread 
3. place them in natural frames between woods, fields and small hamlets around Monghidoro 
4. create a caravan of passionate foodies who would like to spend a funny Sunday together among food, wine and nature.

My first Mangirò was together with part of Taste Bologna’s team. Some people call it team building, for me is a way to share our passion and spend time together with people who I appreciate. I’d rather call it “food building“.

After being divided in two groups, coupled with two different menus with dishes based on bread, we started our walk with just one rule: share. Not only the heat, the path and the laughter but especially the food.

After breakfast with fresh milk, bread and jam, we started to discover a complete menu served directly by the chefs, hidden in six small villages. Gino Fabbri, the best pastry in the world 2016, offered a croissant at Cà del Tosco. Then Daniele Reponi, the master of Panino in Modena, prepared a crescenta with cooked ham, apricot and confit tomatoes to start our walk with the right amount of strength. The antipasti served at Fradusto and Cà di Morandone were made by Da Francesco and Quanto Basta, some of the places recommended in our foodie map of Bologna.

During the walk between woods, lavender fields and farmhouses, we stopped under the trees to listen to live music played by Orchestra Senza Spine, an association of young professional musicians.
The main dishes were prepared by 2 of my favourite chefs of Bologna: Mario Ferrara of Scaccomatto and Max Poggi. 
Local wine and beer at every stop made the atmosphere even more relaxed and cheerful.

Some secret photos of me and Caterina with Poggi’s burger (bis and tris) are already part of Taste Bologna’s history.

To spend a beautiful Sunday with friends, discovering a part of our land outside the tourist routes, finding out where food really comes from, tasting simple and delicious dishes served by the hands of the chefs with no regrets (you can pretend that at the end of the day the balance eating + walking = 0).

Mangirò takes place every year on the first Sunday of July.
Starts at 10am at Via del Mercato, 2 Monghidoro (BO)
Total walk: about 15km 
Tickets: Adult 35€, Kids 18€
Info +39 051.6555292 – +39 333 8366838
Reservations: www.fornocalzolari.it

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