Giuseppe Santovito Aldo Alessandria
Whit
Aldo Alessandria, born in 1968, is a modern truffle hunter and his family hunt truffles in the Langhe hills. His father was not a truffle hunter. Aldo Alessandria learned everything from his uncle.
It has many dogs who trains himself. It has had different breeds, even the mutts, but for him, the race is of little importance because the relationship that one has with his dog is the most important thing in the hunt.
He explains the link between season and hunting explaining that it is better a cold weather because the dog sniffs closer to the soil. Moreover he highlights that as great as the passion can be one must always work in order to protect the environment and the trees.
The interview was conducted by Jacqueline Cavazza, Valeria Dogliotti and Odile Pécoud as part of a research ethnobiological coordinated by prof. Andrea Pieroni at the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
Video table of contents
- Black truffle
- Hunting by night
- Hail and rain
- Soil and trees
- Moon and truffle
- Dog training
- The legend of the pigs
- Soil, humus and clean woods
- Dogs for hills and planes
- Preserving truffles
- The best dishes
- Under the snow
- Not in the others' zones
- Not from my father
- Exceptional years
- From July to October
- Cultivated black truffle
- A dog does not betray
- The mother of the truffles
- Respecting nature
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Monforte d'Alba
District: CN
Altitude: 480m s.l.m.
Aldo Alessandria
Year: 1968
Profession: Other
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Luca Percivalle
Video by: Jacqueline Cavazza, Valerio Dogliotti, Odile Pécout
Created: 09-06-2011
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.
