In South Tyrol, another name for Italy’s Alto Adige, not only does the population speak an unusual language, Ladin, but the food here is unlike anywhere else in Italy as well! At mid-point between Austro-Hungarian and Mediterranean cuisines, local cooking is an original and flavourful synthesis where simple alpine ingredients have pride of place
Administratively speaking, the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is just one region, but from a gastronomic point of view, there are clear borders. Trentino, whose farmers have always had to work hard to coax their sustenance from the poor soil, has never been known for its culinary eminence.