For Mother’s Day weekend we drove to the country to see this: We stayed on an organic farm, in an old stone house: which is this: where they gave us this menu for lunch: Now in most places (or at least places I have been) you would order one from each section, making a full [...]
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This and that at the Borgo di Tragliata
Posted in photography, tagged food, italy, photography, tourism on May 8, 2011 | 15 Comments »
The Marocchino
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, rome on May 4, 2011 | 11 Comments »
This is a marocchino. It’s dark chocolate melted into a cup, then filled with lots of espresso, a little foamed milk, and topped off with more chocolate. The first time I had it I thought, “Oh. This must be what it’s like to have speed injected directly into your eyeball.” I’m not addicted at all.
Start them early
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged culture, food, italy, rome on April 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I was wondering today, as I drank my fourth cup of espresso and felt my heart pounding in my toes, how the Italians do it. Espresso, vino, molta pasta tutto giorno! And then I realized the progression, the procession, that is a must to live the Italian way. Shunning pasta in favor of grilled salmon, [...]
La dolce vita
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged culture, food, italy, motherhood on April 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Italians love their sweets. For breakfast it’s always, always dolce. You cannot find a plain croissant in Rome. Most are stuffed with jam or custard, and if you ask for a plain one it’s been glazed with sugar, because why would you eat it otherwise? And for treats throughout the day? Well, of course, more [...]
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