Sentieri e rifugi del gusto - Dolomiti, Valli Trentine

One of a kind, this guide combines hiking and good food. It offers a selection of flavors in some of the most beautiful natural parks in the Alps and in the mountains that have marked the history of mountaineering. From the Brenta Dolomites to the Pale di San Martino, from Val di Fassa to Valsugana, a journey between mountain huts and gourmet refuges, farmhouses and restaurants where you can find creativity and tradition. Beautiful walking excursions depart from or pass through the selected Taste Refuges. The routes are well described, with maps and detailed information, and illustrated with "tasty" photographs. To walk and then taste specialties such as dumplings with mushrooms, strangolapreti with mountain butter, polenta carbonera, tonco de pontesèl, marinated char and the inevitable strudel. The itineraries along the valley floor lead the reader to discover lesser-known delicacies, prepared respecting jealously handed down secrets: Puzzone di Moena, Casolèt, mortandele, carne salada, trout speck, radic de l'ors, torte de fregoloti, gentian distillate , Teroldego wine and many others. To put it with a quote from Mario Soldati: “Travelling is knowing. The easiest, most direct way to get to know a country is to practice the cuisine of the people who live there. There is everything in foods and in the way they are cooked." Val Rendena, Brenta Dolomites, Valle del Chiese, Val di Fassa, Val di Fiemme, Pale di San Martino, Valsugana, Alpe Cimbra.