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food and wine: Sweet Temptations
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  • KristaB
  • By KristaB on June 28, 2004
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  • So hard to choose! - Genoa
    So hard to choose!
    by KristaB
    Genoa was one important trade port of the Mediterranean. Ships loading and unloading precious cargo. Spices, too.
    So the tradition of fine exclusive sweets was introduced long time ago.

    In this beautiful shop I bought violets covered with sugar and rosewater pearls. Delicate and aromatic, something special to remind me of Genoa.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Via Orefici
  • Phone: 010 2472 915
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    food and wine: Mysteriously fascinating...
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  • oneonta_ni
  • By oneonta_ni on September 26, 2003
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  • There may be an area with glitzy designer shops in Genoa but I wasn't looking for it so I didn't find it. Instead, we wandered around the ancient historic centre and were fascinated by the different food shops. There were shops selling all manner of spices that my limited Italian could not translate, bottled and bagged and crammed into every available space in the tiny shops. There were fishmongers selling some of the freshest fish available, only some of which I recognised. There was a lovely shop selling fresh pasta where I bought some trofie genovese and pasticciarias selling pandolce.

    If you can, buy some fresh pasta - especially the handmade trofie. Pesto is one of the more famous exports - be sure to try it at least once.

    A half kilo of trofie cost a little over €3 - well worth it for the amount of effort put into making this type of pasta.

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    food and wine: pandolce
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  • utttz
  • Updated By utttz on February 3, 2003
  • Genoa Page by utttz
  • don't judge a book by its cover!

    a traditional genoise cake, the "pandolce"

    Confetteria e Pasticceria Villa

    Chiudi
    Genova - (GE)
    Via del Portello, 2r
    010 2770002

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Via del Portello, 2r
  • Phone: 0102770002
  • Directions: near via garibaldi, la Via Aurea (from via garibaldi to piazza portello)
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    food and wine: chocolat!!!!
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  • utttz
  • By utttz on February 3, 2003
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  • diet? what's a diet? I'll be on a diet next monday....
    he's considered by the italian slow food association the goldsmith of chocolate

    EVERYTHING!

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Vicolo dei Castagna, 14r
  • Phone: 010 208561
  • Directions: one of the daughters was my sister's class mate... :-))))))))))
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    food and wine: a producers consortium
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  • utttz
  • By utttz on February 3, 2003
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  • vegetables, oil, fruits, food from several producers of the surroundings

    I guess it's not cheap... never bought anything but tasted a lot as they often provided food for "vernissage" at the "stanza della poesia" just on the side.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Piazza matteotti
  • Phone: 010562880
  • Directions: just in front of palazzo ducale.
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    food and wine: old fashions
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  • utttz
  • Updated By utttz on February 3, 2003
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  • food and wine - Genoa
    by utttz
    an old shop, famous for some traditiona pastries...

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Piazza Soziglia, 74
  • Phone: 0102474574
  • Directions: sometime in genoa you're in a square and you won't notice it... piazza soziglia is one of those place
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    food and wine: an old spices shop
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  • utttz
  • By utttz on February 3, 2003
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  • an ancient shop.... spices, candies, tea, fruits....

    just have a look and decide

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Via San Bernardo, 32r
  • Phone: 0102468359
  • Directions: in the historical centre, not far from sa pesta
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