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 [...]
We drove south last weekend in search of the beach. And found it.
They taste just like chicken. No, not really — but they’re just as delicious. The variety most often found in Italy is the Tarocco.
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 [...]
Taking advantage of nice weather, L and I headed out of town this past weekend with the pups and drove about an hour and a half northwest of Rome to the remains of an old Etruscan town called Vulci.
Even though it’s not on the coast (but close), it was once a port city that [...]
While roasted chestnuts, nativity scenes, and strings of sparkling lights are familiar components of most winter wonderlands, it’s Italy’s cackling witch, La Befana, that continues to give me pause and make me wonder if it isn’t time that I sat down and watched Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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