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Abruzzo With Gusto
Abruzzo With Gusto
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Abruzzo With Gusto organises walking food tours, wineries visits, truffle hunting, cheese making and cooking classes with locals.
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Edna S
Washington DC, DC4 contributions
Mar 2023 • Solo
I cannot say enough about the wonderful food tour Anna took us on March 21. She is so knowledgeable not only about the food but all things Abruzzzo. I ate and learned so much and all the food was delicious (and there was a lot) and the restaurant owners were so welcoming. You can see she has a special relationship with them through years of working together. In Apri she is taking a few of us truffle hunting and a truffle meal afterwards, I can’t wait. If you come to Abruzzzo I highly recommend you take one of her tours!! Edna Snow
Written March 22, 2023
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Stine Blankholm N
Oslo, Norway40 contributions
Jun 2024 • Friends
We visited Sulmona, 3 young adults (26-28), and one adult😊. We are all a bit goodness, sn Annas Sulmona Food Tour was a wonderful experience, filled with lot of delicious food, from sweet to salty. Different delicious cheeses, and cured meats, "confetti" and beans, and more. Anna knows here stuff, and it was a great and informative introduction to Abruzzo cuisine.
Written June 2, 2024
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Joandkeka
Wiltshire38 contributions
Jun 2015 • Couples
We had a fantastic time with Anna who showed us some hidden gems in Pescara. We tasted some wonderful food and wine and learnt some of the history of the town as well. Anna has a real passion for the food and wine of the region and ensuring that it has a proper provenance. If you think that Pescara has nothing more than an airport, think again and try this tour - you will be pleasantly surprised with some of the treasures it has to offer. Thank you Anna.
Written June 11, 2015
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Tina P
Lanciano, Italy38 contributions
May 2015 • Friends
From the very beginning of our food tour Anna was engaging and full of snippets of information about Pescara and it's history. The tour took us to parts of Pescara I have visited many times before but we were seeing it with new eyes under the expert guidance of Anna. The variety of products we sampled and the balance was absolutely perfect. The only pity was that it was a very hot day which made it hard to buy some of the lovely fresh products that we tried.
Anna has obviously worked very hard to establish a network of authentic places to visit and to be able to tell us the history of those places and I would thoroughly recommend taking a food tour with her.
Thank you Anna for a memorable day.
Anna has obviously worked very hard to establish a network of authentic places to visit and to be able to tell us the history of those places and I would thoroughly recommend taking a food tour with her.
Thank you Anna for a memorable day.
Written June 8, 2015
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Pauline B
2 contributions
Apr 2015 • Friends
I recently spent a most delicious and informative morning "Eating my way round Pescara" with Anna Lebedeva of Abruzzo with Gusto. Anna was a delightful and knowledgeable host to our small group, introducing us to places which we would never have found by ourselves. I particularly appreciated the historical details about Pescara which she shared with us - oh, and the food and wine of course! And the large bag of the Pope's salt which I was able to buy for my husband (the chef in our house!) was also extremely well received.
Thank you so much Anna, I think your tours are an excellent and enjoyable way of learning about the food and culture of a fascinating but little known part of Italy. I shall certainly be recommending you to friends, visitors, guests, et al!
Thank you so much Anna, I think your tours are an excellent and enjoyable way of learning about the food and culture of a fascinating but little known part of Italy. I shall certainly be recommending you to friends, visitors, guests, et al!
Written June 11, 2015
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nagrom55
Melbourne, Australia24 contributions
Jun 2019 • Couples
Anna opened doors to Pescara we wouldn’t have known existed. The food and wine tour was the perfect way to explore Pescara and get a feel for the beautiful Abruzzo region. With each taste or drink came fascinating insights into a really awesome part of Italy. Highly recommend you do this on day 1 as Anna set us up with recommendations for the rest of our time (and they were all excellent!) thanks Anna, we’ll be back with friends!!
Written June 19, 2019
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GeorgeHCS
Southampton, UK600 contributions
Aug 2015 • Couples
Thanks to Anna and her Abruzzo with Gusto enterprise, our first visit to Abruzzo was deliciously memorable. We were guided through all the delicious food and drink the region has to offer, both when we were with her on the Pescara food tour and afterwards via Anna’s recommendations and suggestions.
We did both the Pescara food tour and the Cooking with Friends.
On the food tour, despite only covering a few city blocks in Pescara, we were introduced to some real gems that enabled us to sample a number of the food items that were on our “wish list” for the trip. We were surprised that there were only the two of us on the tour – I half expected a group of 20 tourists slavishly following a guide with an umbrella – and we appreciated the personal attention that we were given, as well as all the historical and anecdotal information provided.
All the food we ate was included in the price of the tour and we didn’t have to pay anything extra for all the wonderful food we encountered on the tour.
In our morning’s walk, we visited a cremeria and a wonderful deli where the proprietor demonstrated making pasta alla chitarra and gave us endless samples of a range of treats I would never have thought of buying. We then stopped at a deli for a plate of salami and cheese and a glass of wine. We learned a lot from our sit-down session, including information about olive oil and cheese production, as well as what to look for in pasta. At the market, the porchetta that we tasted is the best we’ve ever had, anywhere. I wish we’d had a whole sandwich and taken some home with us! We also tasted the regional turkey dish and some unforgettable pecorino. The chocolate shop was a nice air-conditioned stop. We especially liked the cherry chocolates.
The hemp and turnip green pizza was probably the most memorable and conversation-starting pizzetta we had our our trip.
I would recommend this tour to anyone who is visiting the area, foodies or not, as it is a great way to get to know about the region.
Our Cooking with Friends experience was on an organic farm near Corvara. It was not what we expected, but it was well worth the price considering the wealth of information we were given, the friendly company of our hosts, and the delicious resultant meal at the end of our morning.
The day was not nearly enough hands-on cooking for my liking. It was more like “Watching Friends Cook” than actually cooking ourselves. Nevertheless, we enjoyed things very much and were given the opportunity to make pasta alla chitarra and crostata from scratch.
The resultant meal was amazing and so plentiful that we got to take quite a bit of it home with us.
It was wonderful being shown the peaceful garden by its proud owner and working alongside the couple in their kitchen. Throughout the morning, we heard countless anecdotes and learned many things that will shape our view of Italian life and cooking. We were able to sample local white wine, homemade salamis, prosciutto (from Arturo, the unfortunate pig), honey, chocolate spread, chilli sauce, pecorino, green beans from the garden, and cherry and liquorice liqueurs, along with our wonderful pasta dish and crostata. When making the dessert, we were allowed to prepare a second one which we took “home” and ate every night as dessert for the remainder of our trip.
It was a truly memorable experience which we would repeat, either here or at one of the other locations in Abruzzo.
Anna continued to provide helpful suggestions and advice via email long after our paid-for days were over. She gave us recommendations for restaurants, beaches, things to buy, and places to go. Exceptional service in so many ways.
We did both the Pescara food tour and the Cooking with Friends.
On the food tour, despite only covering a few city blocks in Pescara, we were introduced to some real gems that enabled us to sample a number of the food items that were on our “wish list” for the trip. We were surprised that there were only the two of us on the tour – I half expected a group of 20 tourists slavishly following a guide with an umbrella – and we appreciated the personal attention that we were given, as well as all the historical and anecdotal information provided.
All the food we ate was included in the price of the tour and we didn’t have to pay anything extra for all the wonderful food we encountered on the tour.
In our morning’s walk, we visited a cremeria and a wonderful deli where the proprietor demonstrated making pasta alla chitarra and gave us endless samples of a range of treats I would never have thought of buying. We then stopped at a deli for a plate of salami and cheese and a glass of wine. We learned a lot from our sit-down session, including information about olive oil and cheese production, as well as what to look for in pasta. At the market, the porchetta that we tasted is the best we’ve ever had, anywhere. I wish we’d had a whole sandwich and taken some home with us! We also tasted the regional turkey dish and some unforgettable pecorino. The chocolate shop was a nice air-conditioned stop. We especially liked the cherry chocolates.
The hemp and turnip green pizza was probably the most memorable and conversation-starting pizzetta we had our our trip.
I would recommend this tour to anyone who is visiting the area, foodies or not, as it is a great way to get to know about the region.
Our Cooking with Friends experience was on an organic farm near Corvara. It was not what we expected, but it was well worth the price considering the wealth of information we were given, the friendly company of our hosts, and the delicious resultant meal at the end of our morning.
The day was not nearly enough hands-on cooking for my liking. It was more like “Watching Friends Cook” than actually cooking ourselves. Nevertheless, we enjoyed things very much and were given the opportunity to make pasta alla chitarra and crostata from scratch.
The resultant meal was amazing and so plentiful that we got to take quite a bit of it home with us.
It was wonderful being shown the peaceful garden by its proud owner and working alongside the couple in their kitchen. Throughout the morning, we heard countless anecdotes and learned many things that will shape our view of Italian life and cooking. We were able to sample local white wine, homemade salamis, prosciutto (from Arturo, the unfortunate pig), honey, chocolate spread, chilli sauce, pecorino, green beans from the garden, and cherry and liquorice liqueurs, along with our wonderful pasta dish and crostata. When making the dessert, we were allowed to prepare a second one which we took “home” and ate every night as dessert for the remainder of our trip.
It was a truly memorable experience which we would repeat, either here or at one of the other locations in Abruzzo.
Anna continued to provide helpful suggestions and advice via email long after our paid-for days were over. She gave us recommendations for restaurants, beaches, things to buy, and places to go. Exceptional service in so many ways.
Written August 13, 2015
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Mike D
Canton, OH18 contributions
Anna was a wonderful guide for our tour. It was just my wife and I on the tour so that made it extra special. Anna’s knowledge of the local food and wine scene took the tour to another level. All the stops were inviting and glad to meet us. The food was amazing. Claudio at Alla Chitarra Antica was worth the price of admission. Such a passionate man who loves his family business. Some of the best cheese I’ve ever tasted. Everything was delicious, the porketta, the pizza, wine, and the caffe d’orzo which is like coffee but made from roasted barley. It’s served with frozen whipped cream. You pour the coffee over the whipped cream. It’s delicious.
Written May 20, 2023
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Netto0302
Erding, Germany49 contributions
We had a great time and great food with our tourguide Anna and our fellow tour mates. She was very inclusive and showed us some really nice places. I have an allergy against certain foods and although I didn’t expect to get alternatives all the time (I mean it’s a food tour, I know what I am up to), Anna made sure at every stop that I got a sometimes even more awesome substitute for what I couldn’t eat. Thank you, Anna - very much appreciated!
Written September 16, 2021
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Anke S
25 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
The tour gives you a good impression of the local food. Anna is really knowledgeable about all the food and the wines. We have tasted some good food and learned a lot about the local products. I would recommend this tour everyone who has an interest in food i Pescara.
Written June 6, 2019
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Hello,
How does this work? Anything for this month available? I’m in Montesilvano until the 27th of July.
Thank you
Written July 16, 2018
Marco, you can get further info through the website abruzzowithgusto com. I have a food tour scheduled on July 19
Written July 17, 2018
What is the cost for two people for a day or half day tour of food specialties, wine, etc. in October sometime between Oct 22-24?
Written September 7, 2015
Hi there,
The cost depends on the tour that you would like to do. Please check the details on the website and email me the details
Written September 14, 2015
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