Prettiest when raw, these swirly colored pink and white beans are a satisfying bite-size. I bought a large handful at a market stand the other day, and Jack helped me shell them yesterday afternoon. My idea was to mix up a nice cold bean and grain salad. In some chicken stock, I simmered the beans [...]
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fagioli borlotti
Posted in Grain, Salads, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, bean farro salad recipe, eat locally, eating locally, fagioli borlotti, local eating, local food, locavore, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on September 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
first dinner at the Academy
Posted in Shopping, Trends, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, Rome Sustainable Food Project, roving locavore on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, the kitchen opened for dinner. The kitchen at the American Academy is not just any kitchen, but is the heart of the Rome Sustainable Food Project, which was founded a few years ago with the help of Alice Waters, and is directed by the former Chez Panisse chef, Mona Talbott. We dressed Jack [...]
fruit, and school lunch
Posted in Fruit, Pasta, Trends, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, Fontana dell Aqua Paola, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Italy, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore, school lunch, Scuola Arcobaleno on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We find ourselves snacking on fruit a lot. There are so many reasons why. First of all, there so much of the juicy stuff in season. I was walking along this morning, not planning on buying food, when I saw one lonely market stall, with the most bulbous figs! I bought a basket, and we [...]
Gelato
Posted in Dairy, Ice Cream, Sweet Things, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, gelato in Rome, Italy locavore, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Miami Gelateria Rome, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We made our first gelato-destination-trek yesterday, after asking around about the best shops in the neighborhood. Miami Gelateria, conveniently located about halfway between our apartment and Jack’s school, makes theirs in-house, and offers an array of flavors, from the tangiest limone to the densest chocolate, with everything nutty and fruity in between. They serve typical [...]
bread and melon
Posted in Baking, Fruit, Shopping, Sweet Things, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, biscotti, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, markets in Monteverde Rome, pizza bianca, Rome sustainable food on September 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Jack’s first day of school, I stayed there with him for a couple of hours, to ease him into the experience of a new school in a new language. We left just before lunch, and took a looping, indirect way home, stopping at market stalls and shops along the way. One of my destinations [...]
an escape from processed food
Posted in Shopping, Trends, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, green checkmark food label, Italian supermarket, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore Italy, locavore Rome, processed food, roving locavore on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of the aspects of living in Italy I’ve been looking forward to. There is such an onslaught of brightly packaged processed food at kids-eye level, (ok, and grown-up eye level) in American supermarkets, that it’s difficult to avoid loading your cart with boxes of convenience food. The array of breakfast cereal is [...]
first day in Rome
Posted in Pasta, Shopping, Water, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, Roman supermarket, roving locavore, Trastevere sights on September 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Disclaimer: I didn’t sleep at all on the way over, and I walked about 7 miles today, so I don’t have much of a mind to write. But there’s so much to be excited about. And I did forget my camera in the supermarket, but that’s just as well, because I would have wanted to [...]
a Roma!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, roving locavore on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We fly to Rome tonight. Tomorrow, we’ll have to eat, and there will be markets nearby. I’ll try to overcome my jet lag enough to snap some pictures and write a short post. Until then….
on braised fowl and Whole Foods
Posted in Poultry, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, braised chicken recipe, moroccan chicken recipe, roving locavore on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I said I’d do a bit more on roasted fowls as a follow-up to that Moby-Dick passage. Instead, last night, I braised chicken legs with Moroccan spices, and stirred it all up with some roasted eggplant. We’re in Brookline for a few days, before we take off for Rome (tomorrow!), so I went to Whole [...]
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