August 5, 2005

Slow Down and Smell the Garlic

By FRANCIS X. ROCCA

An Italian university focuses on the craft of creating food and the pleasures of the palate

The neo-Gothic castle architecture may seem a trifle pompous for a set of barns. But the crenelated turrets and the moat encircling the Agenzia di Pollenzo -- a self-contained agricultural estate -- reflect an authentically royal heritage.

This complex of buildings in northwestern Italy, about 40 miles south of Turin, once housed facilities for the agricultural administration of

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