Twenty-five people isn't exactly a wallflower group. We tend to take over every space we enter, in sheer volume of noise if nothing else. Yet over the course of this year, we've been packed into some of the tightest spaces imaginable, which definitely takes group bonding to a whole new level. After all, "there's no such thing as personal space on stage!"
Here are the top "packed like sardine" moments of MFCC Section B.
Puglia:
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| 40 minutes in a fly-infested truilli just outside of Alberobello |
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| Capocollo production |
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| First donning of the white sanitary garb Maglio chocolate factory |
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| Inside a 400 year old olive mill |
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| There was so little room at the Brindisi fish market that Rae had to dive between legs for photo opps |
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| Wait - that's not us... |
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| At Domori Chocolate |
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| BEST DAY EVER! Crammed in the back of a tractor lurching its rickety way up the Alps to a goat farm |
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| Standing atop 3 stories of aging carnaroli rice at Aquarello |
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| Preparing to meet Valverde chickens |
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| The picture AFTER the no-AC bus ride when we broke down on the side of the highway our last day of stage... |
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| Tasting in a cellar in Burgundy |
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| Who could ever forget the mustard seed simulation at Edmund Fallot dijon |
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| Tasting gingerbread mustard at Fallot |
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| Examining tanks at Jean-Marc Brocard winery in Chablis |
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| You can't see us here - we're strewn every which way in piles after the 11 bottle Chablis flight |
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| No stage sardine experience could compare to the crowds at Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto |
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| The small cellar space is too much for 7 months pregnant Emily |
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| Note-taking at Arnaldo Caprai |
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| Packed in the teeniest most romantic butcher shop ever |
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| More note-taking at Urbani Tartufo |
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| More wine lectures |
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| Fishing on Lake Trasimeno |
Back in Bra:
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| The rowdiest baby shower ever for our Momily |
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| 21 people, our small apartment: Happy US Thanksgiving! |
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| In the kitchen at 2 Michelin starred Piazza Duomo |
Emilia-Romagna:
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| Contemplating proscuitto |
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| At Dada brewery |
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| Exploring the Barilla pasta factory |
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| Parmigiano Consortium storage facility |
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| Voluntary lack of personal space when cold |
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| Outnumbered by aging culatello in a smelly cellar |
Portugal & Spain:
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| Paparazzi for Serpa cheese |
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| Marching for chourizo |
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| Olive oil production |
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| Amidst the olive oil tanks |
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| Crammed in the smallest room we experienced to talk about cheese production for a small agriturismo in the Alentejo |
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| Clearly not impressed with the close quarters |
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| Cheese free-for-all in Spain |
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