DisCanto: Musica Abruzzese a Le Virtù
Join us Thursday, April 18th at 6:30pm for an intimate concert for 30 persons followed by a communal 4-course traditional Abruzzese dinner with regional wine pairings and Italian and housemade digestivi. $120 per person (excluding tax and gratuity).
DisCanto explodes preconceptions about traditional Italian music. The group reinterprets the folk songs of Abruzzo’s farmers and shepherds using modern and traditional instrumentation. The music is varied, vibrant and infectious.
Menu
Antipasti
Affettato misto (house-cured salumi and other traditional starters)
Served with Cantina Frentana Pecorino Colline Frentane IGT
Served with Cantina Frentana Pecorino Colline Frentane IGT
Sagne e fagioli (Abruzzese-style pasta and bean soup)
Crostino con lardo e tartufo (grilled bread with house-cured lardo and shaved Umbria truffle)
Served with Terre Valse Cerasuolo DOC
Crostino con lardo e tartufo (grilled bread with house-cured lardo and shaved Umbria truffle)
Served with Terre Valse Cerasuolo DOC
Primo
Gnocchi di castagne con ragù di cinghiale (chestnut-flour gnocchi with wild boar ragù)
Served with Cantina Frentana Rubesto Riserva DOC
Served with Cantina Frentana Rubesto Riserva DOC
Secondo
Agnello al fumo di ginepro (juniper-smoked lamb loin with seasonal sides)
Served with Cantina Frentana Panarda Riserva DOC
Served with Cantina Frentana Panarda Riserva DOC
Dolci
Selection of Abruzzese-style desserts
Served with Italian and housemade digestivi
To reserve, talk to your server or call 215-271-5626 (seating is extremely limited)
Roads to Tradition: Le Virtù in Abruzzo
$45 (plus $3 for US shipping and handling). For bulk and/or international orders, please send inquiries to travel@goabruzzo.com
Our March 2012 trip to Abruzzo captured by photographer Kateri Likoudis. The collection of images, in both color and black and white, using both film and digital technologies, presents Abruzzo's singular landscapes, introspective solitudes and wilderness, its villages plucked from another time, its continuing traditional vocations and relics of its ancient past. The book also explores some of the region's remarkable eateries, from farm restaurants and simple trattorie to ristoranti of extraordinary elegance.
Part of the proceeds from Roads to Tradition will go to support the Abruzzo-based non-profit Tratturo Magno, which is dedicated to natural and historic preservation in the region. Tratturo Magno works to encourage the continuation and expansion of Abruzzo's pastoral economy, to reclaim and maintain green pathways through the region (and into Molise and Puglia) and to restore historic churches, palazzi and monuments connected with this way of life. 70 pages, soft cover.