Sneaky Peek into Puglia: May 2016
A Spring welcome from sunny Puglia. This month I thought I might introduce you all to the ‘masseria’. If you ever have the opportunity to visit Puglia and take a trip into the… Continue reading
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What’s Happening in May 2016
Here’s a few dates for your social calendar! 8th May Ostuni Street Music Festival Location: Ostuni Piazza & Centro Storico Time: 15:30-22:00 Price: Free! For more information, check out their Facebook page. 8th-12th May… Continue reading
Poetic, Passionate Plates of Puglian Cuisine: Masseria Il Frantoio
They say it’s not all about the food and ‘they’ may be right but at Masseria Il Frantoio, located near Ostuni, you will find passion and poetic stories, as Armando Balestrazzi (the owner),… Continue reading
Buona Pasqua! Happy Easter from Puglia!
The scarcella, also known in some areas as scarcedda, is a typical Puglian Easter cake. Another dialect term (from the Brindisi region) is pupu cullovu which means baby with egg, which I thought… Continue reading
Antichi Sapori: An antiquity of Salento delights
Even on a cold, wintery day in Puglia, with a sprinkling of snow on the ground, there was still a very warm welcome from Antichi Sapori. Where Giusy was keen to welcome us… Continue reading
A Sneaky Peek into Puglia: February 2016
Written by guest blogger Richard Watkins. Wow, so much has happened in February to share with you. The highlights being: participating in the Venice Carnival, 25 year reunion with Amex colleagues and attending… Continue reading
Cooking Like a Local: Pugliese Style! – ‘A La Brace’
Written by guest blogger Maria Demkowicz Having cooked a traditional roast chicken, Yorkshires and trifle Sunday lunch for Italian friends I was invited for a return match the following week. With some trepidation… Continue reading
Judging an Advanced Culinary Art Course: Oh, what fun!
It was a great honour to be invited to judge an advanced culinary art competition at the 4 Star Ostuni Palace Hotel, in Ostuni the other night. And it was a lot of… Continue reading
Enogastronomic Event: 4th March 2016
Puglian Pleasures are teaming-up with Corso Vittorio Veneto, in San Michele Salentino, to offer a night of enogastronomic delights. From their creative kitchen, you will sample 3 local Salento courses, paired with the… Continue reading
Alberobello in Festive Lights! 5th Dec – 6th Jan
ALBEROBELLO LIGHT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FOR UNITY – LIGHT FOR PEACE Peace and solidarity for the victims of terrorism is the theme of the second Christmas editionn2015/16 Alberobello, December 5th 2015 – January 6th… Continue reading