Giuseppe Santovito Fabrizio Fia
Of truffles and dogs
Fabrizio Fia, clase 1970 is a truffle hunter who learned this passion from his grandfather.
The relationship between truffle hunter and and dog is the focus of the interview. Fabrizio Fia describes the main techniques of training dogs from the early stages of life of the animals. The dogs are trained to search playing with biscuits, croquettes and cheese, before being taken to the woods to discover the truffles. The same seeker is often the trainer of these animals that guide the hunt.
Fabrizio Fia also tells of other research techniques, such as the one with the stick, and how the phases of the moon guide the hunt.
Video table of contents
- Presentation
- Dog training
- The choice of a dog
- A passion for men and women
- The stick
- Le piante tartufigene
- The biggest truffle
- Moon phases
- Truffle preservation
- A perfume not a smess
- Eating, selling and giving away truffles
- Poisining
- A beautiful moment
- The death of the dog
- The dogs' name
- Until my eighties
- Typical truffle
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Farigliano
District: CN
Altitude: 263m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farigliano
Fabrizio Fia
Date of birth: 06-24-1970
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Luca Percivalle, Michele Fontefrancesco
Video by: Remo Schellino
Created: 23-12-2014
Questo video fa parte del seguente archivio
The white truffle
The white truffle
The archive investigates white truffles, known for their taste and frivolous aspects, but not for their cultural characteristics which plasmed generations of truffle hunters. The research presents a substrate of knowledge documented through dozens of interviews: historical and anthropological elements, rituals and myths on this prized fungus, still considered nowadays a nocturnal mystery. The project was promoted by the University of Gastronomic Sciences, l’Athe National Association “Città del Tartufo”, the national centre for truffle research and the Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo Foundation.
