TORINO, A SIMPOSIO COOKBOOK

Chocolate. Vermouth. Fog and firelight.

More than recipes, Simposio is a way of entering a place.

Torino begins in shadow and elegance — a city of arcades and cafés, where memory lingers in gestures, and recipes are shaped by time as much as by taste.

Torino is a city of layers.
Chocolate and candlelight. Vermouth and quiet conversations. History unfolding beneath polished surfaces.

Each chapter opens a door into this world.
Each recipe carries something more than flavor — a trace of the city’s soul.

Inside this volume:

• Narrative introductions to each recipe and cultural fragment
  
• Traditional Piedmontese dishes from Turin and its surroundings
  
• Stories of chocolate, vermouth, and the city’s layered history
  
• Cultural insights into rituals, ingredients, and local identity
  
• Photography that preserves Torino’s quiet atmosphere

A taste of what you’ll discover

• Vitello tonnato, delicate and composed
  
• Bollito misto, slow and ritualistic
  
• Bicerin, layered like the city itself
  
• Torta gianduia, born from ingenuity and necessity
  
• The story of vermouth — and the city that created it
  
• Echoes of the Risorgimento between recipes
  
• The subtle presence of black and white magic in everyday Turin