Piedmont

Or Piemonte in Italian. Stretching from the Alps to table-flat rice paddies in the east, Piedmont is home to top wines (the famous three B's: Barolo, Barbera and Barbaresco), white truffles, cheeses (Castelmagno and Gorgonzola among many others) meats and hazelnuts, that reach their epiphany in gianduja: the town of Bra is headquarters of the Slow Food, while Turin hosts Slow Food's Salon del Gusto fairs. Among the best known Piedmontese specialities are bagna càuda, grissini, bollito misto, and finanziera.

The name comes from the medieval Latin Pedemontium or Pedemontis, 'at the foot of the mountains'.