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 »
Italy’s small fields
Posted in Shopping, Trends, Vegetables, Wine, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, Rome sustainable food on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we rode the train north-east, from Rome to Venice, we passed through Italian regions famous for their food and wine. And really, which ones aren’t? One sight that struck me again and again was the smallness and odd shapedness of, and variety of growth on the fields. They reminded me of Vermont. Why is [...]
delicious day
Posted in Shopping, Sweet Things, Vegetables, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Dolci Desideri, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What a Saturday! Jack and I started the day with Harry and Ramie at Dolci Desideri: cappucini and cornetti (one with marmalata, one whole wheat with bitter honey) for the moms, frutti di bosca (wild berry) muffins for the boys. Then, in the 39-degree-Fahrenheit chill, we walked around the block to the outdoor market on [...]
random sightings and a bad meal
Posted in Restaurants, Shopping, tagged agricultural biodiversity, American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Diversity for Life, eat locally, eating locally, Galleria Borghese Caravaggio show, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone says it’s impossible to get a bad meal in Italy. That’s not true. After spending a wonderful morning in the galleries of the Museo Borghese, feasting our eyes on the Caravaggios, like his “Self Portrait as Bacchus,” and on the sculptures Bernini carved—improbably rendering marble as smooth and pliant as flesh—we took the bus [...]
Fall and Rainbows in Rome
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Dairy, Shopping, Sweet Things, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Antica Caciari Rome, Antico Forno Roscioli Rome, Canestro Rome, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Fall fell in a swirl of branches, leaves, and whole trees. Yesterday afternoon, we watched the pines and bamboo swaying in circles as the wind picked up. Rain fell hard, and stopped quickly. And then, the most magnificent double rainbow I’ve ever seen arched across the Rome skyline, and the mountains, free from the haze [...]
market morning with Marjorie
Posted in Shopping, Sweet Things, Vegetables, tagged 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 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I met my friend Marjorie the other morning at one of the dolci destinations, Desideri, on Via Carini. While I waited for her, and cooled down from the fast walk from Jack’s school, I checked out the amazing display of gelato and dolci—which refers to sweets of all sorts—in the display cases. A steady, but [...]
Forno
Posted in Baking, Bread, Shopping, Sweet Things, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, Forno Roscioli, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome bakeries, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love the way, in Italian, the word for “bakery” also means “oven.” It’s a word- and food-lover’s favorite instance of synecdoche. Jeannie introduced me to the family-run Antico Forno Marco Roscioli a few weeks ago, during our little culinary tour of Trastevere. When I went back this week, it was because I had two [...]
Essentials
Posted in Dairy, Eggs, Shopping, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Canestra Rome, Castroni Rome, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, Rome locavore, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are certain food items my family would be unhappy to do without: eggs, milk, peanut butter, and basil. Only one of these items is not a regular part of the Italian diet. I had heard that the big, fancy gourmet food store near the Vatican, Castroni, was the place to find peanut butter. This [...]
Jeannie’s culinary tour
Posted in Cheese, Shopping, Sweet Things, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, roving locavore, Trastevere bakery, Trastevere cheese shop, Trastevere market, Trastevere shoe store on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What a morning! My friend Jeannie took me on a tour of some of her favorite food shops in Trastevere. We left our boys, Nico and Jack, drawing with crayons at Scuola Arcobaleno, and took the 44 bus down the hill, transferred to tram, crossed the Tiber, and hit the streets. Our first stop was [...]
La Mura
Posted in Fruit, Meat, Shopping, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, markets in Monteverde Rome, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on September 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I had an interesting personal-historical palimpsestic experience this morning on my way home from dropping Jack at school. I wound my way to the market street, and went to the last stall, where there is a sign saying “Vendita Directa,” meaning that the fruits and vegetables are sold directly from farmer to consumer. I don’t [...]
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