Maybe it’s the weather. (This morning, when Jack and I walked to the bus stop next to the Aurelian Wall, it was 41 degrees (F).) It’s also the food. The (nice) problem is that the food at the Academy is too good. Sometimes, I just want to hole up in the apartment and eat a [...]
Archive for October, 2009
hunkering down with a bowl of soup
Posted in Grain, Vegetables, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fall and Rainbows in Rome
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Dairy, Shopping, Sweet Things, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Antica Caciari Rome, Antico Forno Roscioli Rome, Canestro Rome, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Fall fell in a swirl of branches, leaves, and whole trees. Yesterday afternoon, we watched the pines and bamboo swaying in circles as the wind picked up. Rain fell hard, and stopped quickly. And then, the most magnificent double rainbow I’ve ever seen arched across the Rome skyline, and the mountains, free from the haze [...]
The queen of pasta was here.
Posted in Pasta, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, Encyclopedia of Pasta, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Maureen Fant translator, Oretta Zanini de Vita, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, I attended a panel discussion celebrating the publication of the Encyclopedia of Pasta, by Oretta Zanini de Vita and translated into English by Maureen Fant. Also in attendance were Sheila Levine, the editor from UC Press, who co-founded that wonderful magazine, Gastronomica, which features stories about the intersection of food and culture; and Chris [...]
pomegranates in hell and paradise
Posted in Fruit, Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s luxuriant post-Romantic Persephone, holding the fruit that completed her curse and imposed the season of winter on the world. Abducted by Hades, and held in his realm, she was tricked into eating four seeds of the pomegranate. Every year thereafter, she was forced to spend four months in the Underworld. [...]
market morning with Marjorie
Posted in Shopping, Sweet Things, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I met my friend Marjorie the other morning at one of the dolci destinations, Desideri, on Via Carini. While I waited for her, and cooled down from the fast walk from Jack’s school, I checked out the amazing display of gelato and dolci—which refers to sweets of all sorts—in the display cases. A steady, but [...]
Hunter-gatherers live on.
Posted in Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore, Villa Doria Pamphili Rome on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It seems fitting that in such an ancient/modern city as Rome, hunter-gatherers should coexist peacefully with perennial lovers-on-blankets and with i-pod-wired joggers. The largest public park, Villa Doria Pamphili, exemplifies this shared experience of urban life. It’s relatively nearby the American Academy, and I’ve been running there on recent mornings. While I admit I haven’t [...]
Forno
Posted in Baking, Bread, Shopping, Sweet Things, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, Forno Roscioli, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome bakeries, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love the way, in Italian, the word for “bakery” also means “oven.” It’s a word- and food-lover’s favorite instance of synecdoche. Jeannie introduced me to the family-run Antico Forno Marco Roscioli a few weeks ago, during our little culinary tour of Trastevere. When I went back this week, it was because I had two [...]
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