Visiting Lake Garda and the Region Veneto you will discover tasty gourmet products, which are deeply connected to local environment, culture and traditions.
Among them DOC wines (Lugana, Custoza, Bardolino, Valpolicella, Amarone, Soave), fine extra-virgin olive oil, which has obtained the European Union DOP certification, fresh water fish (lavaret, trout, sardine, carp) and thetypical polenta have a place of honour on all fine tables. Highly appreciated and rare products such as truffles, whose picking methods are handed from father to son, asparaguses and red chicory have recently experienced a rediscovery. The city of Verona is the birthplace of a national cake, the pandoro, produced by historic companies (Melegatti, Bauli, Paluani), and of two more delicacies: the sbrisolona tart and the sfogliatine biscuits. Here is a short list of appetizing regional dishes you can taste in local restaurants and holiday farms: boiled meat with pearà (sauce made with grated bread, beef-stock and pepper), "pastissada de caval" (horse stew cooked inwine), gnocchi, tortellini, rice with chicory, luccio pike with polenta.

Local products:
http://www.aptgardaveneto.com/lagodigarda/E/enogastronomia.htm http://www.ighiottoni.it

Oil museum in Cisano:
http://www.museum.it

Wines of the Veneto region:
http://www.vinitaly.verona.it/index.htm

Wine cellars tours:
http://www.vinesio.it

Veronese recipes:
http://www.tourism.verona.it/eng_pages/index_eng.cfm

Restaurants on Lake Garda:
http://www.lakegarda.com/info.php

Restaurants in Verona:
http://www.itwg.com