“Hot chestnuts! Get your hot chestnuts here!”
Published on February 10, 2023
Once a basic foodstuff, and now a tourist attraction: sweet chestnuts may no longer be as important as they once were to the Swiss economy, but they are currently enjoying a cultural comeback.
Until the 19th century, the chestnut was an important part of people’s diets. The arrival of the potato, however, saw it lose its economic significance. Several local initiatives were launched in Ticino in the 1980s to avoid losing this cultural heritage entirely.
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