Abruzzo News: 18 October 2000

18 October/ottobre 2000
MESSAGGERO - L'Aquila - A new gastronomy history / Storia della gastronomia
Luigi Marra is the author of a newly published book "La cucina in età barocca". In the 17th century there was a dispute between Italian and French cuisine for supremacy. Caterina de’ Medici wife to Henry II of France, took with herself her Italian chefs.
18 October/ottobre 2000
IL CENTRO - - Villa Santa Maria - Gastronomy in the emigrants' land / Industria gastronomica nei paesi degli emigranti, by Gino Melchiorre
The mass media are spreading the gastronomy culture of Villa Santa Maria and the Sangro Valley, bringing new development to the area. Before the Gastronomy rave began, Villa Santa Maria, Roio del Sangro, Fallo and Montelapiano were facing extinction. Now many new restaurants have been established, and at the istituto alberghiero dozens of new cooks and hoteliers study each year. Many recipe books have also appeared.
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