Review of some interesting sites dealing with the typical dishes of Abruzzo. At www.olografix.org/stefano/cucina.html you can choose between a rich and a poor menu, you can buy on line Luigi Braccili's "La cucina abruzzese. Dalla cucina povera ai menu della festa" at http://abruzzo2000.com/books/E/038.htm, at www.delizie.italiane.com/italy/abr/Welcome.html you find recipes for le scrippelle in brodo, Ferratelle all'Abruzzese and Nougat, and at www.giroscopio.com/Abruzzo/gastronomia.htm you find the dishes typical of the different abruzzese towns.

Nicola Ranieri teaches to cook well with what we have in the kitchen, you can also write him for suggestions.

TOCCO DA CASAURIA - Yesterday in the former Michetti cinema a congress was held for the promotion of extravirgin oil from the Province of Pescara. Especially interesting the lecture on the beneficial effects on health.

Santo Stefano di Sessanio. On 11, 12 and 13 august second edition of "Arte, sapori e costumi" festival. A medieval parade through the village will end up in the Palazzo del Capitano with the reproduction of a real banquet. Price for the dinner: 100,000 Italian Lire

AVEZZANO. 82-year-old Cesare Letta has won another prize for his poem "La preghiera", at "Umbria Estate 1999" in Assisi.

CEPAGATTI. At the wedding between Elisabetta Jansch and "pupone" Romeo Mazza, the "mythical" ("mitico" in Italian youth's slang means "cool") "Puponi" enacted a "Full monty" show and ended dancing dressed like so many Adams.

VASTO. Riccardo Alinovi, president of Italia nostra vastese section, denounced the dangerous abandonment of the Torre di Diomede in largo Siena, Vasto. "The area must be closed and the tower, a jewel of the XIV century, restored".

ROCCARASO. Singer Mietta, actress Anna Mazzamauro, jazzman Romano Mussolini are among the famous guests in Roccaraso's night life. Every day tourists can take free lessons of Latin American dances, and enjoy a great number of events.

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