stephendhughes
- Feb 20, 2017
Top 5 Restaurants in the Abruzzo, Italy
Eating out in the Abruzzo is a pleasure that I will never tire of enjoying. Simple food that relies, like most Italian cooking, upon the...
stephendhughes
- Feb 9, 2017
Learn how to cook like an Italian
"This was an equisite experience & something I will remember for the rest of my life" Phil Haughton, Founder of Better Food Co
stephendhughes
- Nov 22, 2016
The olive oil has arrived!
It is that time of year again – the end of the olive harvest, when I write to you all for your orders. There is good news and bad news......
stephendhughes
- Nov 11, 2016
Plague, Pestilence and Brimstone
I have been learning about some of the harsher realities of farming and at the same time experiencing some of the volatility of our...
stephendhughes
- Sep 14, 2016
My Other (Italian) Family
I have been in Italy for the past week doing early preparations for the harvest: we have become very close to a local family who farm land n
stephendhughes
- Oct 15, 2015
Olio Di Penne - Extra Virgin Olive Oil
It is 7.00am and I am standing in our olive grove in Penne, in the Abruzzo region of Italy, a part of the country that has largely defied...
stephendhughes
- Oct 1, 2015
Mussolini, kebabs & Clint Eastwood. The curious history around Casa Del Colle
The Campo Imperatore plateau in the Gran Sasso mountain range is without doubt one of the most spectacular sights I have ever seen; 200...