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Real stories, recipes and community life from Italy's Rocky Heart. Independent editorial coverage of Abruzzo since 2007 — culture, food, history, travel and the people who make this region extraordinary.
It Takes a Village & Some Ancestors – Canistro Superiore’s Chestnut Flour Doughnuts
I particularly love this recipe for chestnut flour sugared doughnuts (ciambelle) from Canistro Superiore as when I asked whose recipe it was they declared it belonged to the village.
Rustic Zolle Picnic Pie
In true Abruzzese fashion where nose to tail eating is standard, even with garlic, these moreish garlic scrapes known as zolle have become highly prized delicacies & are delicious served in a rustic Sulmonese style picnic pie
Stuffed! By Prezza’s Artichoke Royalty
Tenacious & hardy can be used to describe the ladies from Prezza but also to their legendary artichokes that grow just 1 side on the balcony of Abruzzo
Falling in Love with Abruzzo on a Food Wine & Cooking Holiday
An Italian cooking holiday that creates a narrative of Abruzzo that embraces mountains and sea, and provides some authentic cooking experiences to take home from the 4 provinces
Mimina’s Christmas Pastries – Ceci Ripieni
Tipple But Never Topple – Abruzzo’s Liqueurs
Talli d’aglio – Most Delicate Waste Not Want Not Seasoning
La Fiaccola – Organic Eating out in Anversa degli Abruzzi
Bittersweet Love at Sulmona’s Pelino Confetti Museum
Ceci dell’Aquila – a Delicious Chickpea Stew
A Tasty Cheese Present from Christmas – Adopt a Sheep
