Giuseppe Santovito Giovanni Damonte
The experience of a truffle hunter
Giovanni Damonte, born in 1951, is a truffle hunter of Canale, now retired.
In the interview he tells how he began his experience, thanks to the gift of an old truffle dog given to him by his uncle when he was a boy. In his many years of experience, Giovanni Damonte has always hunted truffles at night, after returning home from work, but the night is preferred by the hunters mainly for reasons of secrecy.
In his interview Damonte also presents the various types of truffles that one can find in Langa and Roero, their characteristics and the techniques used for the hunt.
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Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Canale
District: CN
Altitude: 194m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canale_(Italia)
Giovanni Damonte
Date of birth: 05-11-1951
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Luca Percivalle, Michele Fontefrancesco
Video by: Remo Schellino
Created: 02-01-2015
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.
