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…
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On April 18th, 2011, A VISIT TO THE MILAN STUDIO OF ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI…
…yesterday morning – which I was only made aware of a few days ago thanks to an illuminating International Herald Tribune story by design journalist friend Alice Rawsthorn…
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 16th, 2011, PLANT-COVERED MILANESE APARTMENTS…
…is the first thing I am noticing all over the city – with all manner of plant life crawling, branching, hanging down and growing up the cliff-like facades…
On April 15th, 2011, ABAZIA DI MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE…
…is the hilltop Asciano-adjacent Tuscan Benedictine monastery dating from 1313 we are visiting today, which features a very cool 1553 fish pond that would feed the monks during…
On April 13th, 2011, TUSCAN PLASTIC CROP COVERS…
…(for strawberries?) are the cool shocking shiny surfaces wrapping parts of the rolling spring green surfaces of southern Tuscan landscapes as viewed from my very slow one car…
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…
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 9th, 2011, FIUMICINO ADJACENT FARMHOUSE…
…is what I am always on the lookout for when landing in Rome – returning this morning on an early early flight from Istanbul – since I have…
On March 24th, 2011, NAPOLI STREET FLOWERS AND STREET TRASH…
…I see side by side here in this wild majestic city which has been suffering from waste management issues for years.
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 21st, 2011, ‘HOW TO IMAGINE: A NARRATIVE ON ART, AGRICULTURE AND CREATIVITY’…
…is the 1984 book of musings (as recounted to and translated by Henry Martin) by Italian artist Gianfranco Baruchello (b. 1924) who in 1973 decamped to a modest…
On March 19th, 2011, CASTEL SAN PIETRO…
…is the tiny hill town an hour north of Rome near Poggio Mirteto where I am lucky enough to be at a friend’s place for the weekend –…
On January 31st, 2011, RUSTICATION…
…the roughly hewn stonework often used on the lower floors of palazzi as an expression of fortification and solidity – which I recall studying in college classes on…
On January 29th, 2011, BOLOGNESE ARCADES…
…are the unique pleasures of this city which you can traverse from one side to the other within the sheltering vaults and alongside the rhythm of the columns…
On January 25th, 2011, MY MIDLIFE CRISIS IN NERO MAGAZINE…
…comes out today – with an introduction to selected highlights of the Roman days from this Wikidiary describing my desire for a ‘crisi di mezz’età’ while living in…
On January 17th, 2011, LANDING AT FIUMICINO…
…feels like coming home now (with Alitalia yesterday afternoon) – approaching from the north over fields and farms of Lazio is especially welcoming – making me want to…
On January 9th, 2011, CESARE PIETROIUSTI…
…the Rome-based Italian artist (b. 1955) who is admired by all of my Italian artist friends, has an audio piece which I encountered today in a hallway gallery…