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BEPPE ZAGAGLIA
Balsamico è ... terra, territorio, tradizione

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What does this book mean to me? It's theflavor and aroma of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. The sweet smell of memories that have ...

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Pages: 98, cm 25x30, italian-english,
Artioli Publisher.

What does this book mean to me?

It's the flavor and aroma of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena. The sweet smeli of memories that have a profound hold on me. It is the mysterious penumbra of the acetaia, the long row of wooden casks kept in a perpetual realm of darkness, interrupted only occasionally by a ray of sunlight in which gleaming specks of dust swirl lazily out of sight only to make way for others, as the spectral beam slides across the floor, turning soft red and finally extinguishing itself.

But then there's the light of a Spartan ceiling fixture with a bare bulb and enameied metal shade emitting a yellow, old-fashion radiance.
Outside, the roofs of the houses and the Ghirlandina tower in the background, or the countryside, ripe with golden wheat, as the evening lights up with the stars and fireflies, my silent companions. And the endless cycle of the seasons, autumn again with its all-consuming fogs and the Duomo, mysterious as a ghost in the glow of powerfui floodlights. The cold and snow that wraps everything in a chalky silence.

This hook is all of this. Which is also the recipe for our vinegar. You put everything in a barrel together with the vinegar-mother, the boiled must of trebbiana grapes and then you wait. You transfer the contents to another barrel and wait for some more months, years.
And then another barrel and more years.

But finally, our vinegar manages to become "Balsamic" and "Traditional" because it has the flavor of our family, history and culture, not to mention the wheat, the wind, the heat, the fireflies, the swallows, the cold, snow and fog, the Duomo, the Ghirlandina, our people, our dialect and our unique Modenese character.
It also exalts the flavor of food, of salad and cheese, of meat and even ice-cream.

This is why I included the names of several Modena restaurants, historical ones, famous ones and up-and-coming ones, but, unfortunately, not all ofthem, and it was not a question of choice, but familiarity.
And, most importantly, it is imbued with the cherished flavor of friendship...
Because this hook was created in collaboration with Marco Costanzini and must not die with him. It must serve as a testament to him, to his memory. The memory of a small, big man who loved his work and helped to let people know more about the worid of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena.
For this reason and because he was a friend of mine, this book is dedicated to him.

Beppe Zagaglia

A medical school graduate, his approach to photography is partly amateur, partly professional. He has shown his work in one-man shows in Italy and America, but primarily he has focused his efforts on photography books (almost 50 titles) featuring the cities and countryside of Emilia Romagna, as well as Florence, Verona, the Po river, Ireland and the United States. For the past few years he has been working with the Resto del Carlino, a local newspaper, contributing a weekly column called, "Gente di Zagaglia" (Zagaglia's people), in wich he writes about his city and his friends.

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