CHOCOLATE

When I think about Italian cuisine, sweeets aren't the first, or even the second thing to come to mind. Sicilian cooking seems to have more sweets than mainland Italy. Here in Umbria we do have gelato, tiramisu, panna cotta, and crostata, but sweets in Italy are generally not the all-consuming passion that they are in the United States.

Of course we also have the Perugina factory here, and the EUROCHOCOLATE FESTIVAL in Perugia every October. Apparently the love affair with choclate is growing, and as with chocolate lovers everywhere, more often than not it's a passion.

While in the Orvieto train station recently we discovered that the bar was a virtual chocolate shop, filled with a variety of chocolates from all over the world. You can see the displays by clicking on the link below:

CHOCOLATES