Thank you for sticking with me, readers. I’ve been busy with visitors, Jack’s 5th birthday party, more visitors, my dissertation, dissertation, dissertation… Did you know that it wasn’t until the 1840s that wood pulp was used to make paper? Or that Byron could speak so aptly of 21st century America? Man’s a strange animal and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Amy Campion’
long lapse
Posted in Poetry, Sweet Things, tagged Amy Campion on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
in Florence
Posted in Beans, Ice Cream, Restaurants, tagged Amy Campion, roving locavore, Vivoli Gelateria Florence on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re in Florence. Today’s my birthday. Yesterday we went to the famous gelateria Vivoli. I know I should have tried the cinnamon-orange, but I can’t give up an opportunity to savor one of the nutty flavors I love so much. Yesterday I went for the classic nocciolo—hazelnut. Jack had a puckering cup of limone mixed [...]
equinox cookout
Posted in Beer, Meat, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, eat locally, local food, locavore, Rome locavore, roving locavore on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was actually pretty chilly, and the sky was gray, but the fruit trees are blooming, the kids are antsy, and everyone just wanted to hang around in the big back garden yesterday. The grill was going from 11 to 7. There were pork sausages of all kinds, veal chops, pork chops, lamb shoulder, lamb [...]
garden idyll
Posted in Herbs, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, eat locally, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, Rome sustainable food on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After one of the more fantastic of Saturday lunches at the Academy—which included my new favorite twist on panzanella (big olive-oil—or was it chicken fat—soaked bread chunks, radicchio, fennel, pinenuts, and raisins, with it’s delicious balance of bitter and sweet), and chocolate cake topped with whipped cream and violets—Jack felt like sticking around with the [...]
ancient footprints
Posted in Herbs, Pizza, Restaurants, Shopping, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Antico Forno Roscioli Rome, eat locally, locavore, locavore in Rome on March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Walking through Rome the other day, I had two missions: get a pizza lunch at Roscioli, and try on some shoes from the list of brands my doctor gave me. It became an emotional journey, with it’s own motifs and atmosphere of ironic pathos that is captured so well in that Dylan song, (which I [...]
on the coals
Posted in Beans, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, eat locally, local food, locavore, locavore in Rome, Rome sustainable food, roving locavore, Tuscan beans on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, Chris and the kitchen crew cooked a delicious meal which included Tuscan beans slowly braised in terra cotta pots in the fireplace. The beans had an extra depth of flavor that was set off by the sprinkling of fried sage leaves the cooks put on top before serving them. A perfect, woodsy combination.
wine tasting #2
Posted in Uncategorized, Wine, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, eat locally, Gravner Anfora, L'Apparita, roving locavore, super Tuscans on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This one, led again by Pina Pasquantonio, the administrator here at the Academy and a sommelier, took us up several levels from the last one. We got to taste what I’ve only ever read about, and never expected to taste: “Super Tuscans.” We began, again, with a spumante: Ca’ del Bosco Franciacorta Cuvée Anna Maria [...]
food in art: grapes and whales
Posted in Fruit, Philosophical, Seafood, Water, Whimsical, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, food in art, Moby Dick, roving locavore on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At a junction of thoughts that represents some substance of my life right now: a chapter in Moby Dick; a talk about food in high art given by Leonard Barkan; the local-food-movement mantra know your food, know your farmer; swimming, during which activity my thoughts form folds with each lap and the thought that my [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Pina’s wine tasting
Posted in Wine, tagged American Academy in Rome, Amy Campion, eat locally, Rome locavore on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Two incredible events punctuated this week: a wine tasting led by sommelier Pina Pasquantonio, and snow in Rome, which hasn’t happened since 1986. The snow was thrilling! A group from the Academy walked down to the Pantheon, to see the rare sight of snowflakes falling through the oculus. I took Jack to school, where the [...]
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