About two weeks ago I started noticing people walking along the country roads with bunches of green stems in their hands. Italians in rural areas still go foraging for food: snails, … [Read more...]
Abruzzo Offers the Best Home Cooking in Italy
It is official, traditional home cooking from the Italian region of Abruzzo is the best in Italy! This year’s national cooking championship of home cooking (Campionato della Cucina per … [Read more...]
Patching up l’Aquila After the Earthquake
Three years after the earthquake and the once beautiful city of l’Aquila in Abruzzo, is still grey, devastated, half-deserted and, some fear, forgotten. Bringing the city back to its … [Read more...]
Chieti’s Moving Good Friday Easter Procession
Every Easter in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy’s oldest religious procession, the Processione del Cristo Morto il Venerdì Santo - the Death of Christ procession - takes place on Good Friday. Up … [Read more...]
Abruzzo’s Easter Doves, Dolls and Horses – Good Enough to Eat!
With Easter approaching fast the shelves in all Italian supermarkets are filling up with different brands of a sweet Easter bread called Colomba Pasquale (Easter Dove). Having a Colomba … [Read more...]