Today was beautiful. Daylong full sun, a few big cumulous clouds drifting by, sandwiched between rainy days. This morning I went on an epic shopping run, stopping at two open-air markets for fruit and vegetables, the GS supermarket, and a toy store (for the birthday party tomorrow), pulling my heavy cart behind me. When I [...]
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picnic in the park
Posted in Restaurants, Shopping, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, Rome locavore, roving locavore, Villa Pamphili, Vivi Bistrot on November 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
marjoram
Posted in Herbs, Meat, Nuts, Pasta, Salads, Wine, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, marjoram, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My mind and time have been taken up with other writing projects during the past week—my dissertation, about which I won’t talk here, and my story/pamphlet for Bioversity, about which I will talk, at some later date. But I have to steal a few moments from eighteenth-century literature to do some musing on marjoram. Every [...]
cookies, costumes, and crumble
Posted in Baking, Sweet Things, 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 November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This was one of our most fun Halloweens, because of the bustling community of kids who live here in 5B, the family ghetto, the building adjacent to the main American Academy building, (where the best unkept secret is that we have the best apartments). Halloween really started on Friday, before dinner. The kitchen staff had [...]
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