The forecast was for rain for the long Thanksgiving weekend, but each day, we had mist and then sun. That was a nice turn of events, because we had lots of touring of Rome to do with our visitors. Yesterday morning, I had to swear to everyone that I didn’t plan it this way, but [...]
Archive for November, 2009
some Roman domes I love
Posted in Bread, Cheese, Shopping, Sweet Things, tagged Amy Campion food, Antica Caciari Rome, Antico Forno Roscioli Rome, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, roving locavore on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
turkey links
Posted in Poultry on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A food blog with nothing to say on Thanksgiving? Sorry to disappoint, dear readers. Mona and Chris and the RSFP cooked an incredible feast on Thursday. Alice Waters is visiting the Academy. I had lunch with her on Wednesday, but on Thursday, we stopped in at the Academy just for the pre-dinner Puccinis (related to [...]
meat on a stick
Posted in Meat, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, meatballs, polpette, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No. I’m not talking about that mystery conglomeration “corn dog” that masquerades as meat, but meatballs, served cocktail-catering-style on little wooden skewers. We took Jack to a cocktail reception last night, and his favorite items were the polpetti, or, meat lollipops. (My favorite was the split date posing as a dish for gorgonzola and a [...]
sardines with aioli
Posted in Eggs, Seafood, Shopping, Wine, tagged aioli, American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore, sardines on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re so coddled here, with the wonderful food prepared for and served to us at the Academy. So it was with real satisfaction last night that I prepared a meal requiring what felt like authentic labor: beheading fish and whisking for a good half hour. The meal was utterly simple, and maybe that’s why it [...]
braised pork & grass-roots
Posted in Dairy, Grain, Industry, Meat, Philosophical, Shopping, Trends, tagged agricoltura biologica, agricultural biodiversity, American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion food, Biola, eating locally, Food Inc. film, Lo Spicchio, local eating, local food, locavore, Rome locavore, roving locavore on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In my last post, I attempted both to recommend Food Inc., and to criticize what I saw as the overly facile closing message (“vote with your fork”). There was more to the event, here at the American Academy in Rome, and there is a positive alternative to the dark suggestion of the film that Monsanto [...]
Food Inc.: impressions
Posted in Industry, Shopping, Trends, tagged Amy Campion, Food Inc. film, industrial agriculture, roving locavore, sustainable agriculture on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Images are powerful—especially moving ones. I’ve done so much reading about the industrial food system, about big organics, about sustainable agriculture. None of the content of Food Inc., which I saw yesterday at the American Academy screening, came as a surprise to me, but it still made a powerful impression because of the combination of [...]
NUS: neglected and underutilized species
Posted in Ice Cream, Nuts, Sweet Things, tagged Amy Campion food, eating locally, locavore, neglected and underutilized species, pistachio production in Italy, pistachios, pistachios Iran, roving locavore on November 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about these a lot, lately, because of the work I’ve been doing for Bioversity. And because of the food I’ve been eating here in Rome. Farro four times a week? And cauliflower, I have to admit, has been an underutilized species in my household, if not in general—until this fall. I’ve written [...]
turtles and men in trees
Posted in Baking, Shopping, Sweet Things, Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, locavore Rome, roving locavore on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another winding walk today—this time down the stairs rather than up to the park. I had a few various goals: to see the turtle fountain Jim Ackerman told us about the other night; to buy some whole-grain flour and some nuts at Canestro; to see some new narrow streets; and, if possible, to find chocolate [...]
expatiate, v.
Posted in Drinks, Restaurants, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, locavore in Rome, roving locavore on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. To walk about at large, to roam without restraint; to move about freely in space, wander at will. 2. To speak or write at some length; to enlarge; to be copious in description or discussion. I spent the morning expatiating, in both senses of the word, with my friend Camilla in the Villa Pamphili [...]
2 birthday parties (+1 more birthday)
Posted in Bread, Nuts, Poetry, Seafood, Sweet Things, Wine, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Byron in Rome, eating locally, local food, locavore, locavore Rome, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dylan turned five, and Jim turned ninety. We celebrated with them both. It was a busy, delicious day filled with tasty tidbits—of both food and conversation. Dylan and his parents live in a fourth floor walk-up in Trastevere. Sarah offered me a cafe latte as soon as we arrived, which was welcomed on a blustery [...]
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