Those irons were essential to make ferratelle, one of the oldest and most recognizable sweets from Abruzzo and parts of ...

“Abruzzo is an enigma,” Romito had observed earlier in Italian as we walked the grassy perimeter of Reale, which he relocated to the 16th-century white-walled monastery in Castel di Sangro from a ...

These house-made gnocchi (potato dumplings) are on the short menu at Odo, a smallish Tuckahoe restaurant dedicated to the cooking of Italy’s Abruzzo region. | Photo by Tiffany Keegan Taking his love ...

Rome, Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast are staple Italian destinations, particularly in the European summertime. But only three hours east of Rome and across the Apennines lies Abruzzo, a region brimming ...

I grew up hearing the word—Abruzzo—but didn’t know what it meant. The older generation, their parents born in Italy, often spoke words I didn’t understand. Words of emphasis, food words, sometimes ...