Anna Lebedeva
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Anna Lebedeva is a food and travel writer based in Abruzzo. She runs Abruzzissimo Magazine (https://www.facebook.com/abruzzissimomagazine/), a publication about the region, and Abruzzo With Gusto (https://abruzzowithgusto.com/), a food and wine tour company.
Articles by Anna Lebedeva
Italy is filled with abandoned towns and villages. It is estimated that there are over 2,000 of them in the country, gradually crumbling and being swa…
Lately, Abruzzo has been getting a lot of attention from those seeking off-the-beaten-path Italian destinations. Apart from its natural beauty and unc…
Forget Barolo and Chianti. There are hundreds of indigenous grape varieties in Italy, which make wines that you probably have never tried. The Italian…
Although, not everyone can or feels comfortable to travel at the moment, we can use this downtime to dream and plan our next perfect trip. A…
I bought my house in a small mountain village in Abruzzo 12 years ago but I still can’t get enough of the views that I see from my balcony: in the sou…
Ralph and Ninke Boston learnt about Abruzzo from an old ailing man. “I was looking after this wonderful man in his 80s, who kept telling me about…
The first time I heard of drogherie shops was while talking to an Italian friend who said: “If I can’t find something in a conventional shop I go to a…
Photo by: Francesco Viti via Panoramio
Although Tuscany is not an off-the-beaten-path destination, it is still possible to find some hi…
The chocolate season in Italy has started. Yes, there is such a thing as I have learned over the years of living in the Bel Paese. Italians tend to ea…
When I first visited Sicily, I fell in love with the sun-drenched island, balmy evenings, luscious desserts and excellent wines. I stocked up on the s…
Venice is notorious for overpriced restaurants, bland tourist menus and poor customer service. The daily crowds of visitors, over 60,000 of them daily…
Main photo credit: Turismo.it.
The town of Trivento sits on a rocky hill, above the valleys of Molise. It is one of those places…
Oscar and Lady, two adorable Lagetto Romagnolo pups, wagged their tails enthusiastically sniffing the ground under an oak tree. Oscar started digging…
When I heard the expression “heroic wines” for the first time, I smiled and imagined muscular farmers in Superman’s capes tending the vineyards. As it…
I often see surprised faces when talking about how close Abruzzo, dubbed as “the greenest region in Europe”, to Rome is. Just over an hour-drive from…
“I just know when it is ready”, says Lucia D’Angelo lightly touching with the back of her hand the curdling ewe’s milk that is heating up slowly in a…
The green region of Abruzzo, where I live, remains off-the-beaten track despite its proximity to Rome. It takes just over an hour by car or bus to rea…