Every Rome neighborhood has its own mercato rione (neighborhood market), so there is no shortage of choice when it comes to shopping for fresh food in the city. But there is something particularly special about the Circo Massimo Farmer’s Market, which opens every weekend on a quiet street behind the Palatine Hill. Farmers from the […]
Author Archives: Raya
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Mar
From now until the first weekend of April, you have a chance to admire beautiful cherry blossom trees in full bloom, right here in Rome! All you need to do is make a short trip out to the city’s EUR neighborhood. This happens only once a year for about two weeks, so make sure you […]
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In the heart of Rome’s Vittoria district, which lies just beyond Prati, there is a small restaurant tucked in the alleyway. Outside its glass doors are two blackboards with menu items that are hard to find anywhere else in the Eternal City: Taiwanese potstickers, grilled pork buns, guabao (pork belly burgers). Inside, there’s a minimalist […]
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How does a weekend day trip to the beach sound? It’s especially wonderful during offseason, when there’s plenty of space on the sand and the water is almost exclusively yours to relish. The best part? Santa Marinella beach is just 45 minutes away from Rome by train! There are direct trains from Rome to the […]
Day Trips from Rome, Explore Italy, Italian Food, Lazio
Claudia’s Feast: Lunch at Agritourismo Parco dei Cimini near Viterbo
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Feb
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Most people think of Rome and imagine the empty ruins of the Forum or the aerial grandeur of St. Peter’s Basilica, but Rome is also filled with the sounds of screeching trams, car honks, and a never-ending stream of ambulances. If you want to get away from it all, you can retreat to an agriturismo […]
Cheese, Eats, Explore Italy, Italian Food, Lazio, Rome
Farmer’s Markets in Rome: Speaking to Campagna Amica’s Pietro
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Feb
Where did you last do your grocery shopping? Chances are, you probably went to a supermarket–I know I did, and so did many Italians. In 2016, there were some 30,000 supermarkets in Italy, and that number has only grown since. Traditionally, Italians did their shopping at mercati rionali, open neighborhood markets usually held in the main square […]
Cheese, Italian Food, Italy
How Food Labels with DOP and IGP Help Preserve Italian Culinary Heritage
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Note from the Editor: I have a Masters Degree in Food Policy and it still took me years to decipher Italian food labels because they seem to be stamped and stickered with all kinds of abbreviations. However, there is a rhyme and reason behind the madness of exactly what DOP and IGP (and all of […]
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A special visit to Rome’s most beautiful trash pile.