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L’appetito vien mangiando (Appetite comes with eating)

I can’t wait any longer. I’ve done everything I can, but I‘ve had no response.  However, I have a plan B! 

So what was plan A?

Well I have a copy of Food and Memories of Abruzzo: Italy’s Pastoral Land by Anna Teresa Callen    My idea was to publicise the book, which I think is great, [...]

Learning the language

This post isn’t strictly about Abruzzo, but it does reflect an important and obvious aspect of spending time anywhere in Italy; namely the Italian language.

 I think Italian is a beautiful language.  It rises and falls with ideas and emotion.  I have met many English speakers who appear to speak with one tone only but I [...]

Scenes From A Magazine.

Tesori D’Abruzzo and D’Abruzzo are two tourism magazines which highlight aspects of the Abruzzo region.  Actually they focus on all things associated with tourism, culture, environment, wine and food.  Or as they put it, touismo, cultura, ambiente e enogastronomia.   Although D’Abruzzo has a scattering of article summaries in English, they are fundementaly Italian magazines, for Italians, and so, naturally, they’re written in Italian.

But [...]