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Market Day in Abruzzo
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View ArticleThe End of Summer and its Zucchini (with recipe for Zucchini Pasta)
Sitting on the terrace of our friends’ country house in Abruzzo, the morning sun hangs lower than it did two weeks ago. The last of the figs have fallen to the ground and the pomegranates have turned...
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Eating Abruzzo’s Most Famous Dish at Perilli Arrosticini
It’s 7:30 on a Sunday night and Luke and I are the first customers to arrive at Perilli Arrosticini: a family-run restaurant famous for its lamb skewers. The staff are still in their pre-shift...
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Experiencing the Wine Harvest in Abruzzo
Ever since I was a kid and saw the “I Love Lucy” episode where she stomps grapes, I’ve dreamt about climbing into a wooden wine barrel and doing the same—dancing and stomping with the Italian...
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One Day in Abruzzo
Before my parents came to visit us in Abruzzo, I spent hours trying to research what we should do. I’d found lists of the best things to see, but got overwhelmed when looking at the map. There was...
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Harvesting Olives in Croatia
It’s 8:30am in Benkovac, Croatia, and already I’ve learned my new word of the day: “živjeli” (pronounced ji-vo-lee), or “cheers.” The shot of homemade brandy burns my throat, and my host Vito holds...
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End-of-Year Reflections
It’s three days before the new year, and our coastal Croatian apartment is littered with stuff. Plastic IKEA tubs have been pulled out from under the beds, filled with reusable water bottles and...
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A Letter From Abruzzo
Snowflakes the size of golf balls are falling outside the windows, and Luke, Charlie and I are huddled on the couch in front of the electric radiator. It’s been a month since we moved into our Abruzzo...
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An update from our apartment in Italy: with lessons on garbage recycling,...
When buying a home in Italy, it seems you either find a skeleton of a house without so much as a kitchen sink, or you inherit the previous owner’s old life. For Luke and me, it was the latter. And...
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Spending Holy Week in Abruzzo, Italy
In our little village of Citta Sant’Angelo, signs of Easter began springing up weeks ago. Shop owners hung pastel construction-paper bunnies in their windows; grocery aisles overflowed with large...
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