These are complex subjects in Italian life. There are many tacit rules that guide coffee culture (observance of which would be to the benefit of American coffee drinkers). One rule, which I just broke—knowingly, so does that make it ok?—is that no milk should be consumed after lunch. A cappuccino, or a caffe con latte, [...]
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coffee, cookies, faux pas, and a self-portrait
Posted in Dairy, Drinks, Nuts, 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 October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
3 liquids
Posted in Drinks, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, locavore in Rome, negroni on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Olive oil, coffee, negroni. They may not all be essential, but they are omnipresent. Start the day with coffee, brewed in a bialetti, and poured into a mug of warmed-up milk: Sometime during the day, eat a meal involving big glugs of olive oil: salad, pasta, soup, pizza bianca? Late on, pour a negroni: equal [...]




