Story & Photos by Harald Zoschke Parma, a food lover’sdream in Northern Italy Those who have been fortunate enough to visit Parma will certainly have fond memories of the wonderful food in the heart of Italy’s Emilia Romagna region. But Parma is also home of the country’s leading pepper breeding operation, the Azienda Agraria Sperimentale Stuard. In fact, …
Shocking! Revealed by Pepperazzi: Chile Pepper Balconies
Photos & story by Harald Zoschke Southern Italy. Bright sunshine. A mild sea breeze. Chile peppers are drying in the air here. So do linen, underwear and work outfits. As the place in the sun is scarce, potent pods have to share space with cleaned clothing. Watch the excitement of chiles caught in the act of mingling …
Peperoncino Festival 2007
Story and Photos by Harald Zoschke “What, it’s already Peperoncino Festival again?” Domenico, owner of the Diamante hot shop “Greenhouse” had beefed up his shop and himself – a sure fire sign that another year went by and the annual Pepreroncino Festival was close. “Quindici anni tutti piccanti” – fifteen totally hot & spicy years was this year’s motto, as the …
Peperoncino Festival 2006, Part 1 of 2
Story and Photos by Harald Zoschke Welcome! Calabria — that’s the famous southern tip of the Italian boot, and Europe’s headquarters of heat. As every year since 1992, chileheads gather here in early September at the Peperoncino Festival in Diamante. Peperoncini is Italian for hot chiles. Our comprehensive Calabria coverage reports in detail about Calabria, its chiles …
2005 Peperoncino Festival in Calabria, Part 2 of 2
Story and Photos by Harald Zoschke Chiles and Chocolate – another Festival Highlight If you’ve read last year’s Calabria Report, you probably have noticed that we had sniffed out a new trend: The ancient tradition of combining chiles and chocolate is back (for more on this subject, see also the SuperSite article “Chiles and Chocolate”), and chocolatiers around the world …