International Mortadella Festival for the thirteenth year from 20 to 22 September 2019.
La Mortadella, Queen of gastronomy, which boasts a centuries-old history, is back. Known in IT world; like "La Bologna", it is an IGP product.
International Mortadella Festival
International Mortadella Festival, to celebrate Italian excellence. The origins of this heavenly sausage date back in the ancient Etruscan Felsina, or in the Roman Bononia. In the Bologna Archaeological Museum, there is a stele from the Imperial Roman period, with seven grazing pigs and a mortar with pestle.
Today, "Mortadella Please", exists since 2007, and it is the first festival in the world dedicated to mortadella, in Zola Predosa, the main production area. The festival is a moment of absolute enhancement of mortadella from the Bolognese hills in a thousand variations. For three days the city center will host tastings based on Mortadella, shows, and opportunities for in-depth study and entertainment. “Mortadella, Please”!
It is a fixed moment, also thanks to the collaboration of the synergies present in the territory of Zola Predosa. It starts on Thursday 19 September at 19.30 pm at Villa Edvige Garagnani with a Round Table, “Ambassadors at the table: when passion is marketing”.
Mortadella Experience
On Friday, however, the Pro Loco network "Reno Lavino Samoggia" from 17.00 opens the stands of the manufacturers; in the presence of the Mayor of Zola Predosa and other authorities. From 19:00, opening of the restaurant and street points food, and from 20.00 there will be on stage: Energy Rock Festival. There will also be a competition for emerging bands, but also "Mortadella Experience", and "Mortadella & Cocktail", with tasting of cocktails paired with Mortadella.
special guests, Salvatore Catiglione, who left Italy in 2008, to conquer the palate of the French, then returning to his homeland, where he also worked with Chef Bruno Barbieri. From 21:00 ambassadors at the table, meeting the Savigno truffle, and presentation of the 36th International Festival of the White Truffle. Will follow “Mortadella & Sport”, With sporting performances. The program is really huge and continues on Saturday with ring trekking on the Zolese hills; stop and tasting of food and wine products.
International festival of mortadella and Mortadella in Jazz
The whirlwind of the program includes a Foosball tournament and also the exceptional exposure of La "LEGO Mortadella" and many other lego works! In the afternoon still sporting performances, and from 19:00, opening of the restaurant and street food points, following the “Mortadella Experience” in a roll; pastry show cooking, and the workshop “Today I cook. Will follow Mortadella in Jazz!
Instead, from Sunday 22 September, we will discover the secrets of production della Mortadella with guided tours. From 12:00 opening of the restaurant and points of street food, and again Showcooking: “RiCreaCaccia alla Mortadella"; an original Treasure Hunt for children. From 19 to 22, laboratory "Mortadellino in Clay" with Claudia, and many games by the Associazione Ricreamente e Country Mortadella. In the afternoon and evening area “Mortadella & Sport". From 18.00 on the stage there will be the award ceremony of the literary competition "Once upon a time and there is ... a Pink Queen"!
A queen in pink
Well mortadella knows no boundaries, not even literary ones! It is one of the most recognized Italian excellences abroad and certainly does not look bad in literature! The first edition of the literary competition promoted by Edition of the Loggione. A preview of the reading of the story set in Zola Predosa from the anthology "Mysteries and delicacies on the Bolognese Hills " curated by the actress Debora Pometti.
“Once upon a time and there is… a Pink Queen”, Promotes the first literary competition entirely dedicated to Mortadella. The winner will rise acclaimed within the event Mortadella Please to Zola Predosa with great fanfare! The winners of the categories were also awarded: Honorable Mentions, Childhood Award, Social Themes Award and Nostalgia Award. The ebook "Once upon a time and there is ... a Pink Queen".
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