“The places that bear the battle scars of Turin’s industrial history…are those known as the ‘FIAT neighborhoods’, since it’s in relation to the car producer’s huge factories that [they] exploded and then imploded.”
“Even buildings go through emo phases–at least that’s the case with a certain 18th-century one in Turin, pierced with a huge silver hoop.”
“Nineteenth-century London can now be filmed [in Turin], which is surprisingly preferable since it’s much harder to do so in actual London.”
“…those of the Piedmontese capital are historically tied to something the others aren’t: chocolate.”
“Not only a nice drink in the evening, vermouth–named after the German word “vermut” for wormwood, one of the primary ingredients–was considered a medical supplement.”
In Collaboration with MARTINI ® and Maura Milia
“…in 2020, one of his dining tables–a large molded plywood table designed in 1949–was sold at Sotheby’s for over six million dollars, setting a new world auction record for any work of Italian design.”
“They are the soul of a city. I want them to live on.”
“Pick any of these spots for fantastic food, and don’t forget to wash it down with a bottle of Nebbiolo, Ruchè, or Barbera.”
“For the remainder of my quarantine, I continued to listen to the sound of swallows and watch Italy do what it does best (eat, drink and be social) from my balcony on the fourth floor.”
“It gives you permission to take things slow, to enjoy the little things, and to be surrounded by true elegant beauty.”
“In the past and the present, the bicerin represents a unique and distinctive part of Turinese taste and what lasts through time.”
It is not a pure coincidence that Dario Argento chose Torino as his set.
