“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...