Sunday morning was spectacularly sunny, and warming up quickly. We had our first spring day (followed by more rain today). It was perfect for our walk—with Anna, Jon, Lulu, Jesse, Rena, Nick, and Zoe—down the hill and across the Tiber to the old Jewish ghetto where one special forno makes perfect doughnuts. When we got [...]
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ghetto doughnuts
Posted in Sweet Things, Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, local food, locavore in Rome, Rome locavore on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Borromini on a beautiful morning
Posted in Sweet Things, Water, Whimsical on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The weather this weekend is Janus-faced: stormy, dark, and wintry yesterday, bright, clear, and spring-like today. A perfect morning for walking around Rome, and for seeing the sunlight stream through the windows of Borromini’s whimsical, symmetrical, magnificent dome of Sant’ Ivo della Sapienza. I think this space was meant to be seen, and felt, on [...]
Saturday’s spices, smoke, and multi-colored snow
Posted in Sweet Things, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, local food, locavore Rome, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s cold, rainy, and February. But with a fire in the fireplace, an amazing Indian lunch, and a handful of confetti, we brightened up this dismal day. Jon and some of the kids went out to the Triangle Garden to gather some dampish wood. It lit… and smoked and hissed… but also blazed, and had [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
flurry
Posted in Beer, Fungi, Meat, Pasta, Restaurants, Whimsical, Wine, tagged Amy Campion food, eat locally, local food, locavore Rome, Pizzeria da Simone Rome, Villa Pamphili on December 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Of activity, that is. (The real flurries are more like blizzards, falling on friends and relatives all up and down the east coast.) But life here has been moving so fast, and what do I have to show for it? No photos of food, anyway. The food has disappeared before the camera reached it. Friday [...]
turtles and men in trees
Posted in Baking, Shopping, Sweet Things, Whimsical, tagged Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, locavore Rome, roving locavore on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another winding walk today—this time down the stairs rather than up to the park. I had a few various goals: to see the turtle fountain Jim Ackerman told us about the other night; to buy some whole-grain flour and some nuts at Canestro; to see some new narrow streets; and, if possible, to find chocolate [...]
expatiate, v.
Posted in Drinks, Restaurants, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, locavore in Rome, roving locavore on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. To walk about at large, to roam without restraint; to move about freely in space, wander at will. 2. To speak or write at some length; to enlarge; to be copious in description or discussion. I spent the morning expatiating, in both senses of the word, with my friend Camilla in the Villa Pamphili [...]
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 [...]
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