Chocolate, cream, different temperatures. the french may have introduced chocolate to turin but only italians could find a way to suspend three ingredients like this. this packs a powerful punch, just the stuff to fuel revolutions. one of the greatest fans was a 19th century turin aristocrat with a big idea. food writer and local historian paolo vittari has agreed to fill me in on the details. so good to see you. well, we have had a nice day for it. so, tell me about that guy. he was the politician behind the italian unification. before upification, modern italy as we know it didn t exist. instead, it was a patchwork of dukedo ms. and kingdoms, the spanish yoelg the south and the austrians the northeast.