Biscuit shops Piedmont

The pastry tradition of the Novara region has ancient origins. The Novaresi (and Italians in general) are fond of dry cookies and shortbread of all kinds. In Novara, the Camporelli cookie factory has been nurturing this tradition since 1852. Today, Ambrogio Fasola, a descendant of the Camporelli family, perpetuates this know-how with passion. Simple ingredients and rigorously hand-crafted production form the basis of Biscottini di Novara, the company's specialty (up to 100,000 cookies are produced here every day).

The scent of cookie invades Via Lanza, driving gourmands to^No. 17. A large counter, utensils from the early ^20th century, dozens of prizes on the walls... The star here is the krumiro, a delicious little cake in the shape of a striped boomerang. In fact, its shape is linked to the moustache of King Victor Emmanuel II, who died in 1878, the year the krumiro was created by pastry chef Domenico Rossi. Since then, production has remained strictly artisanal.