I recently sat down with Maria, the author of I Heart Rome, over a delicious plate of pasta to discuss her new book on Roman food. Rome has always been a special place to Maria, and this is her ode to the city’s distinct culinary flavor. I Heart Rome: Recipes & Stories from the Eternal […]
I have been waiting for the laundry to finish so that I can make lemon cake. This has less to do with laundry being time intensive (it’s quite simple, once I actually put the sheets IN the machine), and more with electricity. My washing machine is directly next to my oven. These appliances are found […]
In a country like Italy, a place completely dead set against many incarnations of pre-made food, there remain notable exceptions. Allow me to present you with frozen pizza topped with french fries and hotdogs and fette biscottate. I’ve written about 6 things I’ve learned after 6 years in Italy, but after 6.5 years in Italy […]
“First we eat, then we do everything else.” That is what my favorite food writer, M.F.K. Fisher, used to say. I couldn’t agree more. Food plays such a central part in our lives. And Italian food? Well that is the best food of all. I have rounded up my favorite quotes about Rome, but what […]
As I was leaving Piazza Navona, I glanced over my shoulder for one last look at the Roman square in the evening light. I spotted a chestnut seller doing the same. In the colder months (and, bizarrely, also in the warmer months now) you will find street sellers on Rome’s corners selling freshly roasted chestnuts […]
Everything you thought you knew about cooking pasta? Well, it’s all wrong.
While Halloween is gaining in popularity, there are other Italian holidays that take precedent this week. The 1st of November is All Saints’ Day (Ognissanti), with the Day of the Dead following straight behind on November 2nd. One of the traditional foods to eat on the Italian Day of the Dead (la commemorazione dei defunti) […]
How to be invited into a Roman kitchen and leave very well fed.
