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Fall of appetite. In Italy, an event called “Sagra” is held every weekend in September. Sagra is derived from the Latin word for “sacred”. Originally, it seemed to have a religious meaning to celebrate the harvest and thank God. However, it is now used simply as a “food festival”. A festival where you can eat local specialties while gathering together. Just thinking, it looks fun and drooling.
Now, when I was thinking where to go, roasted chestnut sellers, a winter tradition in Rome, began to appear throughout the city. It is a simple street food that roasts chestnuts in a kiln shaped like a drum. Naturally, there should be a chestnut festival in Sagra. When I looked into it, I found that it was held for three weeks on the weekend of October in a town called Soriano Neruccino, about an hour and a half drive from Rome.
The town was on a hill at the foot of Cimino. The surrounding hills are one of the best chestnut producing areas in Italy, and chestnut squid are rolling around the road to the town. Among them, the type called "Marone" is said to be a luxury item used in Marongrasse.
In the center of the town where about 8,000 people live ...
