On June 29th, 2011, CUCUMBERS…
…cetrioli, (two of them) are busting out, pumping up daily, from those vines creeping up the rebar structures that I installed months ago – finally, finally being put…
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On June 25th, 2011, YELLOW PLUMS…
…known as susine around here, in clustered abundance are bending tree branches out back with their weight while sneakily ripening to sweet perfection undetected as they remain yellowy…
On June 23rd, 2011, ‘HUNGRY CITY: WILD ROME’…
…was the loose title for this evening’s marathon of activities that I organized at the Academy – kicking off with a rousing talk by “Hungry City” author Carolyn…
On June 22nd, 2011, IL VASCHELLO…
…is the friendly, local, slightly hidden, Monteverde trattoria – just outside of the Aurelian wall from us – presided over since the early 80’s by gregarious hostess Dorina…
On June 14th, 2011, THE ‘HUNGRY CITY: ROME’ EVENT…
…that I am organizing at the American Academy in Rome for June 23rd has just been announced – spread the word to Roman friends…. HUNGRY CITY: ROME –…
On May 31st, 2011, THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET…
…near Termini is a destination this morning after tours of the playground of a nearby elementary school and the roof of an institution for the mentally handicapped –…
On May 23rd, 2011, ACADEMY DINNERS…
…have happily moved back outside – after almost seven months of meals in the formal dining room – with the warm weather to the central cortile where we…
On May 22nd, 2011, THE STRAWBERRY REPORT…
…brings good news of the most regular and welcome daily fruiting arrivals in my Roman rooftop garden these days – with always a few to be found hiding…
On May 13th, 2011, THE PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY GARDEN…
…hosted an Open Engagement conference lunch event today as the father of one of the students wheeled his mobile wood burning pizza oven into the center of the…
On May 8th, 2011, PORTLAND STREET FOOD…
…offers Argentinean, BBQ, Beer, Bosnian, Breakfast, British Isles, Cajun, Central Asian, Cheese Steaks, Chinese, Coffee, Comfort Food, Creperie, Cuban, Czech, Eastern European, Ethiopian, European, Fish and Chips, French,…
April 23rd, 2011, FAVAS…
…from the Roman rooftop – shelled twice and served fresh with pecorino are the classic May 1st Roman picnic dish – which we are enjoying a week early…
On April 21st, 2011, PEA SHELLING SEASON…
…is upon us which means that I am often confronted by a table full of pea pods ready for shellers when passing through the cortile on my way…
On April 17th, 2011, THE LAPIN KULTA SOLAR KITCHEN RESTAURANT…
…a collaboration between Catalan designer Martí Guixé and Finnish food visionary Antto Melasniemi (the two fellows I was in conversation with at yesterday’s Domus conversation on food for…
On April 5th, 2011, FICCIN AND HELVETIA LOKANTA…
…are my two favored food places in town – both serving delicious inexpensive basic vegetarian/vegan friendly Turkish plates that I hear approximate what your Turkish mom would have…
On April 4th, 2011, PICKLED ISTANBUL…
…in a stupendous store where every surface is covered the bright chromatics of jars brining and fermenting anything you can imagine on a market street off of İstiklal…
On April 1st, 2011, BALKAN LOKASI…
…the hazır yemek “ready food” restaurant off of İstiklal Caddesi is where I went to lunch today, which I happened upon during my last visit – basic really…
On March 29th, 2011, DEN HAAG’S PALEISTUIN NOORDEINDE…
…the public gardens of the royal palace, is where I find the happiest people in town today, sitting in a circle on the ground among their bikes playing…
On March 26th, 2011, ROMAN ROOFTOP HOMESTEAD GARDEN UPDATE…
…today includes happy news about the reals stars of the show at the moment, the bursting crop of fava beans (which I saw all over Praiano this week)…
On March 23rd, 2011, ‘BELLE VERDURE’…
…or ‘beautiful vegetables’ is the apt nick-name of the local Praiano personaggio, or character, who grows his own food in perfectly composed and tended gardens, enclosed by beautifully…
On March 17th, 2011, DINNER FROM THE PLANTS…
…of the Roman rooftop homestead tonight included baby potatoes with mint/rosemary/nettles pesto – harvested during a brief afternoon break in the rain – as a steady stream of…