In Italy’s Valle d’Aosta, I ducked into a tunnel carved into the side of a mountain. Once a copper mine, it now holds thousands of wheels of Fontina DOP, one of the Alps’ most storied cheeses. The ...
It’s 9:30 a.m., and my stomach is already growling as I hike along a narrow ridge in the Swiss Alps. To my left, clusters of wild herbs and ripe berries glint in the August sun. To my right, the ...
Up above in the towering mountains of Europe, cow herders diligently follow a tradition called “transhumance” every year. At the arrival of early spring, when the blanket of snow enshrouding the Alps ...