We will be in Modena on the Saturday of the festival. Has anyone experienced this food event? We hope to see some of the city as well as check out the festival - any tips?
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
7737 posts
Haven't been, but just FYI, it's La Bonissima. The website, all in Italian, is here: http://www.labonissima.it/2016/
Good luck.
Posted by
OP
Dartmouth, NS, Canada
213 posts
Sorry for the typo. I have checked out the web site but the 2016 details are not up. I was just curious about how big an event it was - is the whole town taken over or is it limited to a few piazzas?
Posted by
Eugene, Oregon...Formerly Ventura, CA
2261 posts
You can glean some info from the site via Google Translate:
The Bonissima 2016
Thanks to the established success in recent editions, The Bonissima has become a must for all gourmets. Thirty wine producers will exhibit in Modena Piazza Grande their delicacies, often impossible to find on store shelves because the limited quantity produced make them difficult to trade.
From 14 to 16 October 2016, in the unique and evocative setting of Piazza Grande and in collaboration with the municipality of Modena, returns the exhibition of high food and wine market The Bonissima which will bring together about thirty producers of the province of Modena.
The three-day event dedicated to the re-enactment of the ancient legend of the noble woman "the Bonissima", will be a unique opportunity to enjoy the best of Modena food, all accompanied and enriched by an important series of events and historical representations.