October 9, 2007
Gourmet Food and Wine in Irpinia (Avellino)
Posted by southernitaly under Avellino, Campania, Cooking, Food and Wine, Irpinia, Italian Food, Italy, Restaurants, Southern Italy, Travel, Vacations, Wine, calitri | Tags: Avellino, calitri, Campania, Fiano di Avellino, Food, Greco di Tufo, Irpinia, Taurasi, Wine |
“In the local dialect of Avellino, the Campanian province east of Naples, mesali means “tablecloths,” a sign of hospitality. Now, it is also the name of a new association of restaurants sprinkled around the mountains of Irpinia…
Irpinia’s rustic soups, homemade pastas, ricotta, legumes, black truffles, chestnuts, and heirloom fruits and vegetables, along with the area’s three DOCG wines — whites Greco di Tufo and Fiano di Avellino and powerhouse red Taurasi — will have you baaing with pleasure.” — Faith Heller Willinger, Gourmet, January 2007 (Click to Read the Full Article)
The 11 member restuarants of this new gourmet food association in the Avellino Province (Irpinia) can be found at http://www.mesali.org . I have included some on my “Great Links” page - some do not have websites, but you can find contact details on the Mesali Website. Bon Appetito!
