Abruzzo - by Daniela Maiorano (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Welcome to the engaging, life-giving and viscerally delicious food of Daniela Maiorano - fourth-generation chef, food tour guide and content creator based in Northern Rivers, NSW Australia, by way of Abruzzo (Southern Italy, two hours from Rome). Abruzzo transports a reader straight to regional Italy with a strong sense of place and character, and food shot beautifully and intimately in the town of Sulmona with Abruzzese people, places and produce. Daniela's food is flavor-driven, rustic and relaxed, and the writing is infused with a vivid sense of place and tells the beautiful story of her family.

An awards-contender and Italian regional classic to boot. There is so much feeling, awe and immediacy in this book, a journey of hunger and joy.

About the Author

Daniela Maiorano was born in the rugged heart of Abruzzo, Italy, where food, family and community shaped her earliest memories. A fourth-generation chef, she grew up rolling gnocchi with her nonna in the kitchen of her family's trattoria - now one of the region's longest-running restaurants - and learning the rhythms of the seasons from her nonno's garden. Her work today, whether cooking in Byron Bay or leading immersive food and wine tours through her hometown of Sulmona, is rooted in the same values: generosity, connection, and joy. With an engaged online audience of over 150,000 followers, Daniela shares a life steeped in love, heritage, and delicious abundance.

Find her on Instagram @daniela.maiorano