In Italy, wild garlic ‘Aglio orsino’ is named after the bears that relish a spring feast upon it. I haven’t ever seen it either growing near to me or sold, but luck is in I finally spotted it being advertised for sale in Abruzzo at the covered farmer’s market in San Vito Chietino with demonstrations of how to use it!
Local Pia Simone shares her list of magical guide of things to see and do when in the seaside town of Fossacesia (CH).
Brodetto Vastese the winding barter fish soup that like James Bond’s martini you shake not stir
Could a fish cookery course aboard a trabocco be Abruzzo’s most delicious alfresco experience? It’s certainly one of Italy’s most unique cooking courses
Ortona has a historical reputation of being fought for and bought; its recent oil fight was one of the reasons we visited this small Abruzzo port town in Chieti
Trabocchi, sustainable fishing machines that resemble giant beached prawns sitting on the rocks with giant tendrils casting wide nets deep out via the shoreline