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ICE-CREAM PARLORS
When Maurizio de Vecchi decided to open his ice-cream parlor in 2007 he had
three main aims in mind. He wanted to create a popular store, well integrated
into one of the most multiethnic neighborhoods in town; to sell seasonal, local products;
to use natural ingredients without recourse to manufactured or semi-manufactured goods.
Hence sorbets made with zero-mile ingredients (bought, that is, from the farmers’ stalls
at the nearby Porta Palazzo market) or, in the case of exotic ones (bananas, ginger and so
on) through the fair trade network. Forest fruits come from the valleys of the Canavese
district of Piedmont, hazelnuts from Cortemilia and milk and cream from the Cascina
Fontanacervo farm in Villastellone, just outside Turin. Fruit varies according to season, but
apple with cinnamon and pear brulè with cloves are available all year long, as are cream
ices, enhanced in the winter by honey and marrons glacés.
Closed Monday.
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