Alongside the wonderful cheese awards presented to Abruzzo’s finest artisan producers was the expose in L’Espresso of how Abruzzo’s pastoralists are under threat by the presence of the Grazing Mafia across the region. Here’s how you can help!
Here’s how we celebrate World Pasta Day in Abruzzo. We applaud the pasta makers, take a wistful look back on all the pasta we’ve recently eaten in Abruzzo and the technique of making the not-quite-so-well-known pasta alla mugnaia!
Escher in Abruzzo – a handy trail of the lithographs and a map of the hilltop towns & mountain villages that Escher depicted in his famous hypnotic, geometrically impossible architectural inventions
Do listen to team LifeInAbruzzo’s first-ever podcast hosted by Destination Eat Drink who wanted to know everything wonderful about Abruzzo!
Save the Dates! Here are some of the fun excursions that clever Life in Abruzzo Group members have added to our new roving ‘First Sunday ‘Pop-ups’ for coffee, cake and chat.
Popup #WhatsOnAbruzzo & #SundayLiveInAbruzzo Events
Sunday Live in Abruzzo: And the Land Won, Beating Giants
Join us on Sunday 12th December for a very special Sunday Live in Abruzzo with Maria Rita D’Orsogna on Zoom who will be discussing her winning battle against the fossil fuel companies and government drilling in Abruzzo. For those seeking a little hope in these turbid times, and how every little helps in this climate emergency this could be the remedy!
If you are one of those people that races home to eat a weighty bowl of pasta before sleeping and laments why Italians can remain skinny on eating so many carbohydrates you’ve probably not heard of Abruzzo’s ‘Lo Sdijuno’!
Join Routes and More and Life In Abruzzo for a 1st Sunday experience in Abruzzo, on Sunday 7th November for a traditional olive harvest, eating in the groves and whisking our olives to the mill to taste and take home our green gold
Walking in Abruzzo & Discovering its Wildlife
Where to Find Abruzzo’s Holy Mother – The Maiella National Park
As a means of introduction, it’s always best, to begin with, a story, even for a national park like the Maiella, whose name dips back to when legends explained bounty and shape
The results are in with Abruzzo home to the winner of ‘Best Rosé in Italy! The Terzini winery is the winner of this year’s Revelation & Gold Medal (Gran Medaglia d’Oro) for their Rosato 2020