The Goal in Mind.
Words and photos Johanna Muther and Robert Büchel*
Duration: 1h 40 mins
From Roddino via Seravalle Langhe to ‘La Coccinella’.
Duration: 1h 40 mins
Lange is known for its sensational food and wine, however, those who only devote themselves to one of these two Piedmontese gems will soon want more action, so why not combine both?
From Roddino, a beautiful hiking route leads via Baudra to Serravalle Langhe. There you will find the Trattoria La Coccinella. What the owners here conjure up on the plates is the best that Langhe has to offer; classic Piedmontese tradition meets innovative international cuisine.
We started at 11 o’clock in Roddino with a plan to cross the valley in the direction of Baudra, enjoying the wonderful view over the Langhe, and then onwards to ‘al pranzo’ in the Coccinella.
After filling ourselves up with several culinary highlights, the journey back started off a bit more cumbersome, but the digestive walk was just enough to revive our appetites. A presto!
Trattoria La Cocinella
Via Provinciale 5 Serravalle Langhe
00390173 748220 – 0039339 3591682
ale@trattoriacoccinella.com
Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
*Johanna Muther studied photography in Vienna and Zurich. She has been working as a freelancer since 2007 and, together with Claudia Breitschmid, founded the Visual Field Research Collective in 2016. In addition, Johanna is able to put her interest in collaborative work to good use as a community builder at the Impact Hub in Zurich and is also active at dream tank BEAM as a project coordinator. With so many things to do, taking a moment to rest is well needed. A stroke of luck brought Johanna to Piedmont in 2013, and she has returned each year ever since; with every visit like a spa break for the soul.
*Robert Buchel landed, after many detours, in the world of sound technology. For more than 10 years he’s been working as an audio engineer and since 2009 has worked at Jingle Jungle Recording Studios in Zurich. Alongside audio productions for TV and film, Robert has created numerous sound designs for snowboarding movies such as “Chameleon” and “Fruition”. Robert is also a member of the punk rock band “Speedy and the Fuck Offs” who’ve been making basement walls shake since 2004. Besides music, snow, skateboarding, and hiking, cooking is his great passion. That the hills of Langhe appeal to him is no surprise (and as an audio engineer, we can only guess how many of Robert’s feel-good recordings of Langhe are already on Swiss TV).
