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So, we tried the pre-cooked spaghetti all’assassina from the assassina box, and it was surprisingly ok. The flavour not as hot as we would have made it, but adding some chilli flakes cures that.
The texture, though, was pretty good!
#spaghettiassassina #ItalianFood
The texture, though, was pretty good!
#spaghettiassassina #ItalianFood
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So, we tried the pre-cooked spaghetti all’assassina from the assassina box, and it was surprisingly ok. The flavour not as hot as we would have made it, but adding some chilli flakes cures that.
The texture, though, was pretty good!
#spaghettiassassina #ItalianFood
The texture, though, was pretty good!
#spaghettiassassina #ItalianFood
Mimì in prettiness pose mode. She is on the charm offensive. From this #caterday until Christmas best behaviour is promised so that Santa brings her this salmon flavoured pandoro on Christmas Day.
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Mimì in prettiness pose mode. She is on the charm offensive. From this #caterday until Christmas best behaviour is promised so that Santa brings her this salmon flavoured pandoro on Christmas Day.
This year’s Puglia Kitchen Christmas crossover will be orecchiette with sprouts, and turkey and stuffing polpette (meatballs).
Adapted from one of Puglia’s most popular dishes, orecchiette with sausage and cime di rapa.
#ChristmasRecipe #ItalianFood #Italy
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Adapted from one of Puglia’s most popular dishes, orecchiette with sausage and cime di rapa.
#ChristmasRecipe #ItalianFood #Italy
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Orecchiette salsiccia e cime di rapa: la ricetta pugliese
Le orecchiette salsiccia e cime di rapa sono una Variante delle classiche orecchiette alle cime di rapa pugliesi. Una ricetta ancora più
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November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This year’s Puglia Kitchen Christmas crossover will be orecchiette with sprouts, and turkey and stuffing polpette (meatballs).
Adapted from one of Puglia’s most popular dishes, orecchiette with sausage and cime di rapa.
#ChristmasRecipe #ItalianFood #Italy
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Adapted from one of Puglia’s most popular dishes, orecchiette with sausage and cime di rapa.
#ChristmasRecipe #ItalianFood #Italy
www.ilcuoreinpentola.it/ricette/prim...
Our Puglia Kitchen version of drunken spaghetti - you’ll need spaghetti, an onion and some left-over red wine, ideally from Italy, preferably from Puglia!
#Italy #recipeoftheday #foodsky #italianfood
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#Italy #recipeoftheday #foodsky #italianfood
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November 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Our Puglia Kitchen version of drunken spaghetti - you’ll need spaghetti, an onion and some left-over red wine, ideally from Italy, preferably from Puglia!
#Italy #recipeoftheday #foodsky #italianfood
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#Italy #recipeoftheday #foodsky #italianfood
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Today’s lunch, our Puglia kitchen version of spaghetti ‘mbriachi (drunken spaghetti): spaghetti al primitivo.
Primitivo di Manduria DOC is internationally available, but you can substitute your favourite Italian red. Drunken spaghetti works well with Sangiovese or Montepulciano d’Abruzzo.
Primitivo di Manduria DOC is internationally available, but you can substitute your favourite Italian red. Drunken spaghetti works well with Sangiovese or Montepulciano d’Abruzzo.
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today’s lunch, our Puglia kitchen version of spaghetti ‘mbriachi (drunken spaghetti): spaghetti al primitivo.
Primitivo di Manduria DOC is internationally available, but you can substitute your favourite Italian red. Drunken spaghetti works well with Sangiovese or Montepulciano d’Abruzzo.
Primitivo di Manduria DOC is internationally available, but you can substitute your favourite Italian red. Drunken spaghetti works well with Sangiovese or Montepulciano d’Abruzzo.
Lunch in Taranto before heading home to put Puglia Guys countryside HQ.
Spaghetti cozze €4,50
Involtino di cavallo €7
We love the mussel of Taranto. Puglia’s finest.
Spaghetti cozze €4,50
Involtino di cavallo €7
We love the mussel of Taranto. Puglia’s finest.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Lunch in Taranto before heading home to put Puglia Guys countryside HQ.
Spaghetti cozze €4,50
Involtino di cavallo €7
We love the mussel of Taranto. Puglia’s finest.
Spaghetti cozze €4,50
Involtino di cavallo €7
We love the mussel of Taranto. Puglia’s finest.
Borgo antico, Taranto, Puglia.
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Borgo antico, Taranto, Puglia.
Taranto’s Christmas season starts on 22nd November, the feast of Saint Cecilia. The longest Christmas season in Italy.
Santa Cecilia is processed and local residents open their doorways to offer pettole, small golden fritters, to passers-by.
Christmas in Puglia has officially started.
Santa Cecilia is processed and local residents open their doorways to offer pettole, small golden fritters, to passers-by.
Christmas in Puglia has officially started.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Taranto’s Christmas season starts on 22nd November, the feast of Saint Cecilia. The longest Christmas season in Italy.
Santa Cecilia is processed and local residents open their doorways to offer pettole, small golden fritters, to passers-by.
Christmas in Puglia has officially started.
Santa Cecilia is processed and local residents open their doorways to offer pettole, small golden fritters, to passers-by.
Christmas in Puglia has officially started.
Addio a Ornella.
1934-2025.
1934-2025.
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Addio a Ornella.
1934-2025.
1934-2025.
Today’s lunch was another restaurant we probably won’t include in our guides. Food, service and value was top!
But it’s really local, for nearby workers and residents. The prices reflect that, and while tourists would certainly love it, we don’t think that it’s fair.
Doing the right thing?
But it’s really local, for nearby workers and residents. The prices reflect that, and while tourists would certainly love it, we don’t think that it’s fair.
Doing the right thing?
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today’s lunch was another restaurant we probably won’t include in our guides. Food, service and value was top!
But it’s really local, for nearby workers and residents. The prices reflect that, and while tourists would certainly love it, we don’t think that it’s fair.
Doing the right thing?
But it’s really local, for nearby workers and residents. The prices reflect that, and while tourists would certainly love it, we don’t think that it’s fair.
Doing the right thing?
A first for us. Looks like an English fry-up breakfast pizza. We have yet to find out where… but we are certainly up for it! Just add some Daddies or HP brown sauce!
I've been brunching again. I wasn't convinced when this turned up but it was actually very nice.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A first for us. Looks like an English fry-up breakfast pizza. We have yet to find out where… but we are certainly up for it! Just add some Daddies or HP brown sauce!
Tomorrow’s Feast of Saint Cecilia, marks the start of Taranto’s Christmas celebrations, the longest in Puglia.
At 3am bands begin their march through the city streets. As daylight spreads, fried pettole, dusted with sugar or drizzled with honey are offered.
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At 3am bands begin their march through the city streets. As daylight spreads, fried pettole, dusted with sugar or drizzled with honey are offered.
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Christmas in Puglia | Taranto - the Puglia Guys
In Taranto, Christmas starts early. At 3 a.m. on 22 November, the bands strike up their pastorali and the city wakes to the scent of frying pettole. The Festa di Santa Cecilia marks the true start of ...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Tomorrow’s Feast of Saint Cecilia, marks the start of Taranto’s Christmas celebrations, the longest in Puglia.
At 3am bands begin their march through the city streets. As daylight spreads, fried pettole, dusted with sugar or drizzled with honey are offered.
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/03/c...
At 3am bands begin their march through the city streets. As daylight spreads, fried pettole, dusted with sugar or drizzled with honey are offered.
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/03/c...
Visiting Puglia?
We just write about our region. We are not tour guides, trip advisors. We have no product or services to sell.
Yet, ours seem to be valued and helpful guides for those planning a vacation in Puglia.
Here’s what our readers have to say.
#Italy #TravelAddicts
We just write about our region. We are not tour guides, trip advisors. We have no product or services to sell.
Yet, ours seem to be valued and helpful guides for those planning a vacation in Puglia.
Here’s what our readers have to say.
#Italy #TravelAddicts
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Visiting Puglia?
We just write about our region. We are not tour guides, trip advisors. We have no product or services to sell.
Yet, ours seem to be valued and helpful guides for those planning a vacation in Puglia.
Here’s what our readers have to say.
#Italy #TravelAddicts
We just write about our region. We are not tour guides, trip advisors. We have no product or services to sell.
Yet, ours seem to be valued and helpful guides for those planning a vacation in Puglia.
Here’s what our readers have to say.
#Italy #TravelAddicts
Ooops! I thought that I was buying Lucozade, the one for the poorly. That my Scottish Nonna would give me, when I was very under the weather, and away from home. Not in Puglia.
Turns out that my purchase was not Lucozade.
🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
#Prosecco
Turns out that my purchase was not Lucozade.
🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
#Prosecco
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Ooops! I thought that I was buying Lucozade, the one for the poorly. That my Scottish Nonna would give me, when I was very under the weather, and away from home. Not in Puglia.
Turns out that my purchase was not Lucozade.
🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
#Prosecco
Turns out that my purchase was not Lucozade.
🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
#Prosecco
Locorotondo in the Itria Valley is distinctive for its whitewashed buildings with cummerse roofs (from Latin cum vertice), steeply pitched-roofed houses. These structures are found almost exclusively in Locorotondo, and a few nearby hamlets, creating one of the most distinctive skylines in Puglia.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Locorotondo in the Itria Valley is distinctive for its whitewashed buildings with cummerse roofs (from Latin cum vertice), steeply pitched-roofed houses. These structures are found almost exclusively in Locorotondo, and a few nearby hamlets, creating one of the most distinctive skylines in Puglia.
Rainy days in Puglia are well suited to a pizza lunch in Locorotondo.
Pizza “sciamanìnne” (dialect for “let’s go!”)
Pomodoro, fior di latte, salame piccante, peperoni.
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy sausage, peppers.
€ 9,00
Pizza “sciamanìnne” (dialect for “let’s go!”)
Pomodoro, fior di latte, salame piccante, peperoni.
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy sausage, peppers.
€ 9,00
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Rainy days in Puglia are well suited to a pizza lunch in Locorotondo.
Pizza “sciamanìnne” (dialect for “let’s go!”)
Pomodoro, fior di latte, salame piccante, peperoni.
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy sausage, peppers.
€ 9,00
Pizza “sciamanìnne” (dialect for “let’s go!”)
Pomodoro, fior di latte, salame piccante, peperoni.
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, spicy sausage, peppers.
€ 9,00
We are always thrilled when someone feeds back on how helpful our suggestions for a visit to Puglia are.
Whether you’re planning a visit, or looking for recommendations when you are here, our Puglia Guys guides to Puglia are packed full of local tips and insights.
#TravelAddicts #ItalyTrip
Whether you’re planning a visit, or looking for recommendations when you are here, our Puglia Guys guides to Puglia are packed full of local tips and insights.
#TravelAddicts #ItalyTrip
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
We are always thrilled when someone feeds back on how helpful our suggestions for a visit to Puglia are.
Whether you’re planning a visit, or looking for recommendations when you are here, our Puglia Guys guides to Puglia are packed full of local tips and insights.
#TravelAddicts #ItalyTrip
Whether you’re planning a visit, or looking for recommendations when you are here, our Puglia Guys guides to Puglia are packed full of local tips and insights.
#TravelAddicts #ItalyTrip
A very Puglia breakfast.
Including fior di latte mozzarella, capocollo di Martina Franca and a pasticciotto (or two).
Including fior di latte mozzarella, capocollo di Martina Franca and a pasticciotto (or two).
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A very Puglia breakfast.
Including fior di latte mozzarella, capocollo di Martina Franca and a pasticciotto (or two).
Including fior di latte mozzarella, capocollo di Martina Franca and a pasticciotto (or two).
Yesterday in Locorotondo we enjoyed a classic Puglia cucina povera antipasti for lunch.
Simple, local, delicious.
Simple, local, delicious.
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Yesterday in Locorotondo we enjoyed a classic Puglia cucina povera antipasti for lunch.
Simple, local, delicious.
Simple, local, delicious.
Puglia travel tips for 2026.
Looking for a central base with easy access to public transport, and train connections via Brindisi to Bari and Lecce, and to Taranto?
With a vibrant and compact historic centre, but off the main tourist track?
How about Mesagne?
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Looking for a central base with easy access to public transport, and train connections via Brindisi to Bari and Lecce, and to Taranto?
With a vibrant and compact historic centre, but off the main tourist track?
How about Mesagne?
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/14/m...
Love Puglia | Mesagne City Guide - the Puglia Guys
Discover Mesagne, Puglia — a heart-shaped historic town near Brindisi with baroque charm, Messapian sites, great food, and a relaxed local vibe.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Puglia travel tips for 2026.
Looking for a central base with easy access to public transport, and train connections via Brindisi to Bari and Lecce, and to Taranto?
With a vibrant and compact historic centre, but off the main tourist track?
How about Mesagne?
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/14/m...
Looking for a central base with easy access to public transport, and train connections via Brindisi to Bari and Lecce, and to Taranto?
With a vibrant and compact historic centre, but off the main tourist track?
How about Mesagne?
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/11/14/m...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Puglia.
Locorotondo in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria is well known for its festive displays and Christmas lights. It starts off, in mid-November, Puglia’s Christmas season.
Next stop: Taranto for a 4am start on 22 November when we celebrate St. Cecilia.
Locorotondo in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria is well known for its festive displays and Christmas lights. It starts off, in mid-November, Puglia’s Christmas season.
Next stop: Taranto for a 4am start on 22 November when we celebrate St. Cecilia.
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Puglia.
Locorotondo in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria is well known for its festive displays and Christmas lights. It starts off, in mid-November, Puglia’s Christmas season.
Next stop: Taranto for a 4am start on 22 November when we celebrate St. Cecilia.
Locorotondo in Puglia’s Valle d’Itria is well known for its festive displays and Christmas lights. It starts off, in mid-November, Puglia’s Christmas season.
Next stop: Taranto for a 4am start on 22 November when we celebrate St. Cecilia.
Mesagne, Puglia - population just under 27,000, number of churches, just over 50.
This is the Chiesa Matrice. The mother church, dominating Piazza IV Novembre.
This is the Chiesa Matrice. The mother church, dominating Piazza IV Novembre.
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Mesagne, Puglia - population just under 27,000, number of churches, just over 50.
This is the Chiesa Matrice. The mother church, dominating Piazza IV Novembre.
This is the Chiesa Matrice. The mother church, dominating Piazza IV Novembre.
Puglia, Italy. A happy place. Where we live.
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Puglia, Italy. A happy place. Where we live.
Foggia doesn’t get much love. Not many visit from elsewhere in our region, nor do many tourists, unless to trace family roots. But Puglia Guy team member Andrea studies there, and Henry (the dog) rather liked it!
Read about Henry’s visit below.
Read about Henry’s visit below.
Foggia in southern Italy is an interesting place that's well off the tourist trail that we enjoyed lots, especially the food markets, and laid back #beeroclock.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Foggia doesn’t get much love. Not many visit from elsewhere in our region, nor do many tourists, unless to trace family roots. But Puglia Guy team member Andrea studies there, and Henry (the dog) rather liked it!
Read about Henry’s visit below.
Read about Henry’s visit below.