I went on a walk this morning, after a doppio cappuccino didn’t help my concentration. Down the steep steps, around the curve of Via Garibaldi, through some narrow Trastevere streets, across Ponte Sisto to Campo di Fiori, where Giordano Bruno presides over the messy mosaic of the open air market. I stopped in some shops [...]
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Tempietto and torta mimosa
Posted in Shopping, Sweet Things, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eating locally, locavore in Rome, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore, Tempietto, torta mimosa on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
seasonal treats: frappe and puntarelle
Posted in Salads, Shopping, Sweet Things, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Carnevale frappe, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, puntarelle, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on January 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We’re in the season of Carnevale, the forty days before Lent, which used to be, for Italians, one long party, when masquerade meant license. (For some of Lord Byron’s lines on this tradition, check out my fritter post.) Speaking of fritters, frappe—a crispy, ruffled kind of fried dough topped with a blizzard of powdered sugar—is [...]
rosso or bianco?
Posted in Baking, Beer, Bread, Pasta, Trends, Wine, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on January 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This distinction, between red and white, is an important and ubiquitous one in Roman society. Well, at least when it comes to snacks and drinks and—if you’re talking to children—dinner. There’s, of course, red or white wine. (But these are just the most basic distinctions. In addition to the great array of differences based on [...]
fritter, v. & n.
Posted in Poetry, Seafood, Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food on January 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The noun form of fritter—the one that speaks of food—derives from the Latin verb for “fry,” frigere. Although I’m writing a food blog, this is not the form of fritter I’m concerned with today. The other form, the transitive verb usually followed by “away” derives not from any culinary activity but from the Old English [...]
flash and boom
Posted in Drinks, Whimsical, Wine, tagged Amy Campion, roving locavore on January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On a blue moon! Was there an eclipse, too? Some thought they saw a shadow on the moon. Or maybe it was just an edge of one of those fast flying clouds. Romans brought in the new year with a week of crack bang boom, at all hours of the day and night. Boy, do [...]
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