lifeinabruzzo

“Chi si fa pecorella, i lupi la mangiano”. Make yourself a sheep and the…

Beanz Meanz Barrowfuls of Fagioli, sweet & creamy, beautifully dapled Borlotti Beans to give them their real name, to shell in September.

When we recently ate at Fossacesia’s Casale San Giovanni, we remarked how yum their rosemary crisps were that they served as a little hor d’œuvres. They kindly sent us the recipe for these, which have become our beach snack staples

As you swing into the long drive of Villa Umberto that sits south of Teramo you do have a feeling that you’re about to enter a glam weekend retreat health camp

Furry things with four legs like wolves and bears get a lot more coverage in Abruzzo than this recent I Spy with my little eye a Wasp Spider

Something that it doesn’t do a lot of in the summer in Abruzzo is rain; at the moment up here in Teramo province it’s tinder dry and fires have broken out

Die-hard vegetarians frequently say that the only thing they miss is a bacon sandwich; away from Abruzzo I miss La Mascionara’s pancetta

It’s just 5 days short of 11 months since the L’Aquila earthquake & frustration is growing over delays of the clear up and start of the rebuild

It’s rare when the most common is everyone’s favourite, but this is the case with poppies in Abruzzo, Italy even when facing stiff competition from orchids

How do you capture the essence of life in Abruzzo? Is it the people that live here, the animals, its hill-top villages & towns or the Adriatic & mountains?