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 [...]
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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 »
the Mediterranean diet as cultural heritage
Posted in Cheese, Dairy, Drinks, Fruit, Grain, Pasta, Philosophical, Seafood, Sweet Things, Trends, Vegetables, Wine, tagged agricultural biodiversity, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Bioversity International, Diversity for Life, Italian food culture, Mediterranean diet, roving locavore, UNESCO Italian diet, UNESCO Mediterranean diet on October 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Italy’s Parliament voted unanimously this summer to recommend that UNESCO list the Mediterranean diet as endangered, so that it might be protected and preserved as a part of cultural heritage. I’m interested in this public declaration, in part, for its semantic implications. Can a diet be treated as an aesthetic or religious object, or as [...]
What’s not to love about farro?
Posted in Grain, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, farro, farro recipes, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Farro. It is one of the oldest domesticated crops. One of its varieties, emmer wheat, has been found in archeological sites dating back 15,000 years. For millenia, farro fed the peoples of the Mediterranean and the Near East as a daily staple. What is it? The short answer is that farro is a variety of [...]
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 »
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 [...]
fagioli borlotti
Posted in Grain, Salads, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, bean farro salad recipe, eat locally, eating locally, fagioli borlotti, local eating, local food, locavore, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on September 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Prettiest when raw, these swirly colored pink and white beans are a satisfying bite-size. I bought a large handful at a market stand the other day, and Jack helped me shell them yesterday afternoon. My idea was to mix up a nice cold bean and grain salad. In some chicken stock, I simmered the beans [...]
Are you crunchy?
Posted in Baking, Grain, tagged Alabama locavore, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eating locally, granola recipe, homemade granola, organic granola, roving locavore on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Do you make your own granola? There are plenty of reasons to do so, and plenty of reasons not to buy it pre-made. Why do it? Your home will smell like cinnamon. You can control what kinds of nuts, grains, oil, and sweetener go in it. It’s easy. It’s delicious. Why not buy pre-made? Needless [...]
The Pleasure of a Pantry
Posted in Grain, Meat, tagged Alabam, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, locavore, pleasure of a pantry, risotto recipe, roving locavore on June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’re moving out in a few days, and have no more dinners at home, thanks to friends. Peter and I packed all day, off and on, while listening to a random college-vintage shuffle. All but the dinner dishes, cereal bowls, silverware, and a few other things from the kitchen were packed by 5. And yet. [...]
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