In Genoa for the Pesto

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One hundred semi-finalists listen to the pesto hymn, before they begin to pound.
Observers in the middle of the baroque hall of the Palazzo Ducale where the Pesto contest is held.
The local DOP basil from Genoa is the base for the traditional pesto.
Contestants started to add ingredients to the mortars.
Some brought their own, well seasoned mortars.
Wearing red aprons, the judges tasted and noted.
Wearing red aprons, the judges tasted and noted.
The ten finalists await the results.
The winner, Federico Ferro, a young pharmacist from Genoa’s Sestri Levante.
Roberto Panizza, president of Associazione Palatifini, organizer of the event.
Before the main event, there was a children’s pesto competition in a smaller hall of the Palazzo Ducale.
Before the main event, there was a children’s pesto competition in a smaller hall of the Palazzo Ducale.
Exhibition of antique mortars at the charming old Kitchen of the Palazzo Spinola (Galleria Nazionale).