So, yes, there are bananas from Ecuador at all of the markets here, and much of the beef comes from Brazil. But this is also the land of plenty when it comes to local foods. When my new friend Anna and I were walking with our little ones around the Bass Garden here at the [...]
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back to the garden
Posted in Fruit, 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 September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Let’s Get Real.
Posted in Fruit, Fungi, Pasta, Philosophical, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I find that what I cook for dinner here in Rome is similar to what I cooked in Vermont or Alabama. The only difference is that the ingredients are generally better or cheaper. For example, last night I made bucatini (long, skinny tube pasta) with the ingredients I had in the fridge from previous days [...]
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 [...]
bread and melon
Posted in Baking, Fruit, Shopping, Sweet Things, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, biscotti, eat locally, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, locavore Rome, markets in Monteverde Rome, pizza bianca, Rome sustainable food on September 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Jack’s first day of school, I stayed there with him for a couple of hours, to ease him into the experience of a new school in a new language. We left just before lunch, and took a looping, indirect way home, stopping at market stalls and shops along the way. One of my destinations [...]
on braised fowl and Whole Foods
Posted in Poultry, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, braised chicken recipe, moroccan chicken recipe, roving locavore on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I said I’d do a bit more on roasted fowls as a follow-up to that Moby-Dick passage. Instead, last night, I braised chicken legs with Moroccan spices, and stirred it all up with some roasted eggplant. We’re in Brookline for a few days, before we take off for Rome (tomorrow!), so I went to Whole [...]
roadside veggies
Posted in Salads, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Cape Cod local food, eat locally, eat locally Vermont, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, Mass. local food, Truro on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Late August on the Outer Cape is like one long lazy day. Mornings and evenings are cool, but the sun warms everything in between—except the Atlantic waves. We’ve eaten fish, of course, but the food fun I had yesterday we found by the roadside instead of the seaside. Just down Long Nook Road from Jack’s [...]
roasty, toasty, rainy
Posted in Baking, Fruit, Pasta, Sweet Things, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, berry crumble recipe, eat local Vermont, eat locally, eat locally Vermont, eating locally, local eating, local food, locavore, organic strawberries, roasted tomato pasta recipe, roving locavore, Vermont local food, Vermont locavore on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other rainy night, we had a little casual dinner party with my parents’ best friends of four decades, who happen now to live on the same long dirt driveway in Norwich, Vermont. I’d been wanting to make a recipe from one of my favorite bloggers, Tribeca Yummy Mummy, for roasted tomato pasta with scallops. [...]
raw pleasure
Posted in Salads, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Cedar Circle Farm, eat local Vermont, eat locally, eat locally Vermont, eating locally, grass fed beef, Hogwash Farm, Killdeer, Killdeer Farm, local eating, local food, locavore, Norwich organic farm, raw salad, roving locavore, Vermont local food, Vermont locavore on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When we got to the Hanover Farmers’ Market yesterday, thunder was rumbling in the not-too-far distance. We wouldn’t be able to linger. I went straight for the Cedar Circle Farm booth, where I was almost overcome by the vivid colors spread before me! I spent all the cash in my pocket on this pile of [...]
tomatoes, hot and cold
Posted in Baking, Cheese, Salads, Vegetables, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat local Vermont, eat locally, eat locally Vermont, eating locally, Killdeer, local eating, local food, locavore, organic tomato recipe, panzanella, roving locavore, tomato bread salad, tomato salad, tomato tart, Vermont local food, Vermont locavore on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mmmm… I have such a craving for a luscious tomato tart. Roasting brings out such intense flavors. And melted cheese: the deliciousness of the thought speaks for itself. However, it’s pushing 90 today, and I won’t be turning on the oven. How to celebrate high tomato season with something a little simpler, more “rustic” and [...]
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