Giuseppe Santovito Giovanni Monchiero
The dean of Università per cani da tartufo
Giovanni is a truffle hunter who he opened a "Università", an university for training of dogs, where dogs receive basic training for truffle hunting.
He describes his activity and highlight the school is also a tourist attraction because foreigners do not know much about truffle hunting. Moreover, in the "Università" there is also a food store with truffles and a museum with illustrative panels on trees and truffles.
The interview was conducted by Jacqueline Cavazza, Valeria Dogliotti and Odile Pécoud as part of an ethnobotanic research coordinated by prof. Andrea Pieroni at the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
Video table of contents
- Moon and truffle growth
- The night helps the dog
- The night for the secret
- Man and dog relationship
- The seasons of truffles
- Truffles
- Brumale truffle
- Smooth black truffle
- A proverb
- International television
- Trees for truffles
- Tools
- Dog breed and training
- Truffle knowledge
- Empathy between dog and man
- Anchovies and black truffles
- Eggs, truffle and fondue
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Roddi
District: CN
Altitude: 285m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddi
Giovanni Monchiero
Year: 1968
Languages: Italiano
Document by: Luca Percivalle
Video by: Jacqueline Cavazza, Valerio Dogliotti, Odile Pécout
Created: 12-05-2011
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.
