On April 12th, ‘ROMA MANGIA ROMA’ INTERVIEW #9…
…was conducted this morning with Livia and Franco – who met when they were 14 and have been married for 53 years – in their cozy long-time quarters…
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On April 11th, 2011, PEA, FAVA & WORM POOP HARVEST…
…is the breaking news from the Roman rooftop garden this morning – having never grown the favas, I’ve waited until they are as big as those I’ve been…
On April 10th, 2011, ‘ROMA MANGIA ROMA’ INTERVIEW #7…
…of 35 planned interviews with five generations of people living in Rome (about how they organize their homes and lives around food, their memories and current thoughts on…
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 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 22nd, 2011, SEASIDE TERRACED FARMING IN PRAIANO…
…where I am staying for a few days (at a friend’s stunning collection of big farmed ocean view terraces accommodating a variety of little white houses dating from…
On March 14th, 2011, ORETTA ZANINI DE VITA, ‘ROMA MANGIA ROMA’ INTERVIEW #3……
…is the effusive indefatigable lively wise sage on cucina Italiana, the author of the definitive book on the history of food in Rome and the Lazio (previously mentioned…
On February 27th, 2011, CITTÀ DELL’ALTRA ECONOMIA…
…the center for activities promoting another economy (organic farming, fair trade, renewable energy, reuse and recycling, responsible tourism, ethical finance, open communication plus a ‘bio’ caffe’ and store)…
On February 26th, 2011, ‘ROMA MANGIA ROMA’ INTERVIEW #1 IN MONTEVERDE…
…this afternoon with a young local resident living in cozy top floor quarters of a 1930’s fascist apartment block (previously cheap working class housing, now expensive sought after…
On February 23rd, 2011, THE ANNUAL PRUNING OF THE OLIVE TREES…
…took place this morning in grand style with freshly cut dusty green leaved olive branches covering much of the ground after the garden crew had come through to…
On February 21st, 2011, THE PEA REPORT…
…from the Roman Rooftop Homestead is very good indeed, with the happy plants beginning to climb up the pea-stake branches that were just installed for them, and today…
On February 18th, 2011, THE FOOD OF ROME AND LAZIO…
…the 1994 book by Oretta Zanini de Vita full of fascinating accounts of Roman’s relationships to food through time featuring folklore and recipes (with chapters including Mills on…
On February 14th, 2011, ROOFTOP PLANTING CRATES…
…and their happy healthy plant residents enjoying this afternoon’s sun, are visible out the window as I shuffle around in my dim influenza delerium, at least encouraged to…
On February 13th, CAFFÉ D’ORZO…
…is my sick bed salvation coffee substitute which I have always loved anyway – a classic roasted caffiene-free barley drink brewed in the stove-top mocca coffee maker –…
On February 12th, ALMOND TREE BLOSSOMS…
…are popping up in back – a late-mid-winter color boost – but I’m hearing from the gardeners that the mice usually get to the almonds well before they…
On February 9th, 2011, CAVALO NERO…
…or ‘black cabbage’ (a loose-leaf Italian cabbage, or kale) has been on our plates almost every day this winter, and today will be no exception, as I harvest…
On February 2nd, 2011, THE LETTUCE REPORT…
…from the Roman rooftop garden is good – and though some are still looking small and scrappy after months in the ground, growing very slowly with the cool…