2024 edition
The Festa della Pitina returns
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 November 2024
Cooks from the area and from across the border: gastronomy and culinary traditions side by side
A covered Earth Market with producers from Friuli Venezia Giulia, the rest of Italy and abroad. In the festival kitchen, the cooks of the Slow Food Cooks’ Alliance: Davide Larise (plant-based cooking), Michela Fabbro of Rosenbar in Gorizia, Luca Lot of Ca’ Naonis, Roberto Ferraro of Borgo Titol and Anna Ruminska from Wrocław; alongside them, the Pro Loco kitchen. The sensory tasting “In che senso?” (In what sense?), a round table on sustainable high-altitude production, and the children’s workshop “Arcimboldo: festa degli orti” (a celebration of the vegetable garden).
Programme
- Sat 10.30 am · Opening
- Sat 2 pm · “In che senso?” — sensory tasting with products from the market
- Sat 3.30 pm · Round table “Sustainable high-altitude production”
- Sat 5 pm · Presentation of the Slow Wine guide
- Sun 10.30 am · “Arcimboldo: festa degli orti” — workshop for children aged 3 and over
- Sun 11 am · “Presenting the pitina” — closing tasting of a traditional dish
- Sun 3 pm · Round table “The good, healthy and fair snack”
- Market Sat 10 am–5 pm, Sun 9 am–5 pm; food service 12–3 pm
Who was there
- Michela Fabbro — Rosenbar, Gorizia: zuppa di fagioli con pitina e frico
- Fermento Bakery, Sacile: focaccia con cipolla fondente, pitina e fonduta di Formadi Frant
- Roberto Ferraro — Borgo Titol: tocj in braide con pitina
- Davide Larise: tortino vegetale
- Anna Ruminska — Breslavia (PL): bigos medievale di pitina IGP
- Luca Lot — Ca’ Naonis: gnocchetti di zucca con pitina croccante
- Cucina della Pro Loco: salumi e formaggi, polpette, frico
Figures
- 1,000 participants, 90 overnight stays, 50 volunteers (average age 33, 70% women) — Pro Loco cultural events data sheet 2024
- Around 50 businesses at the market (Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Armenian guests) and about ten restaurateurs — 2025 report
- “Over 40 producers” (Nordest24, Cibo Today)
- Free shuttle from the car parks; free workshops, booking required
Press review
- Nordest24 11/11/2024 — programma: https://www.nordest24.it/festa-pitina-tramonti-sopra-2024/
- Pordenoneoggi 14/11/2024: https://pordenoneoggi.it/provincia/festa-della-pitina-a-tramonti-di-sopra-il-16-e-17-novembre/
- FriuliOggi 13/11/2024: https://www.friulioggi.it/tramonti-di-sopra/festa-della-pitina-programma-eventi-13-novembre-2024/
- ilfriuli.it 30/10 e 13/11/2024; Il Pais 15/11/2024; Radio Punto Zero 16/11/2024; diariofvg 06/11/2024
- Rassegna 2024 (62 pp, 30/10–15/11) + 32 PDF singoli: Gazzettino 13/11 «Tramonti di Sopra per due giorni capitale della pitina»; Messaggero Veneto 15/11 «Due giornate con super chef»; Gazzettino 17/11 «Cuochi Slow Food “interpreti” della Pitina»; Montagna.tv, iMagazine, Le Guide di Repubblica, Cibo Today, VdG Magazine «La pitina, delizia di Val Tramontina», Wideline Radio
- Post FB 16/11: la sindaca Patrizia Del Zotto — la pitina «veicolo per far conoscere il territorio»
Browse the 2024 press review (PDF)
Archive under construction: texts drawn from programmes, press releases and press reviews of the editions; reports and corrections to info@festadellapitina.com.