A couple years ago I wrote a review for Grotto Pizza where the best way I could describe the taste was to imagine a pizza that came out of a vending machine — one where all the individual components came together once coins were dropped through the slot and a selection made.
So, imagine my utter [...]
Although our pups typically receive just an empty cone after a visit to a gelateria, every once in a while we reward them with their very own frozen, creamy treat.
Here we’ve ordered a small portion of yogurt gelato split between two cups from our favorite place in Rome, Gelateria del Teatro. Enjoy the slo-mo [...]
They taste just like chicken. No, not really — but they’re just as delicious. The variety most often found in Italy is the Tarocco.
In experimenting with the Flip video camera, I’ve started shooting 1 minute clips of Rome. No editing. No panning. No movement other than the subject. And only natural, local sound.
I came across these pigeons in Campo dei Fiori — after the fruit and vegetable vendors had left, but before any serous clean-up had begun. [...]
Pasta e Ceci is a thick and delicious Italian soup that contains chickpeas (ceci) and ditalini pasta — a small, tubular pasta that looks just like a thimble (ditale). The nice thing about the dish, in addition to its great mouth appeal, is that it’s crazy easy to make. And it’s a great soup [...]
Recently two friends and I took a short train trip to Frascati which is known for its pork sandwiches (porchetta) and locally produced white wine.
The custom is to grab a porchetta sandwich from a vendor on the street and then bring it to a nearby drinking establishment to enjoy a carafe of their house [...]
You know you’re no longer in the States when your supermarket, shrink-wrapped chicken parts still have a few feathers to pluck. It makes for a nice bonding experience with the animal you’re about to eat. (Click the photos to fully appreciate.) Recipe below.
Roasted Rosemary Chicken with Potatoes:
(1) Add together chicken thighs and legs (about 8 [...]
This past Sunday we jumped in the Green Hornet with the pups and headed to the countryside — a national park just outside Barbarano Romano.
There we clambered over rocks, hopped streams, and kicked our way through fallen leaves. We also investigated 2,500 year old Etruscan tombs carved into the hillside, and Tess went bonkers [...]
I found these these fiendish treats terrorizing a tray of marzipan fruit while walking past a pasticceria in Rome. Of course the spookiest thing they’ll do to you is rot the teeth right out of your head.
Oddly enough, stepping into an Italian bar (caffè) to order coffee for the first time can be a bit daunting. It’s not always clear where to place the order, who to pay, and — more often — in what order these actions should be performed. Confounding the situation is the fact that it varies [...]
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