Puglia is the breadbasket of Italy.
Called so as it produces most of the hard wheat as well as veggies.
Bread in Puglia is fabulous rich and chewy.
Since I am down and out with the bad back… and can’t cook, at least we can talk about it I quess.
On Egullet right now, they are talking about the foods of Puglia on the Italy board so timing is great for those that want to experiment.
Puglia is exciting to me for the intense colors as much as anything.
The soil is so rich and red, the olive trees so huge.
Last trip we explored the more classic sites, Lecce, Alberobello, Otranto and Ostuni.
Throw in Baroque architecture and I am sold!
This year the goal was to hit the other side, Taranto, Gallipoli and head into Martina Franca.
The bad back got in the way, but we did see some nice places.
Getting to Puglia this year, we had fun.
I had missed going to Moreno Cedroni’s Clandestino, a small bar/restaurant on a cove past Ancona. That was the starting point for the trip.
Leaving Tuscany we headed east to Le Marche and spent the night in Civitanuova.
Lovely small village, Hotel Roma ( 100 euro a night) and then headed out to the coast in the morning.
I had wanted to go to Clandestino for dinner as Moreno had said during the day it was a place for beach goers with light food and at night was the hot spot.. Rum, cigars champagne etc..
sounded like the perfect pirates cove to start a adventure.
Since we didn’t make if for dinner, driving back up towards Ancona for lunch seemed silly.
We also hadn’t brought the address with us.
Off we went instead to start our drive down.
We hit the Conero Park and surprise.. by randomly choosing turns there we were!
Clandestino is located in the Conero Park!