Category Archives: Food

DiningCity Rome Restaurant Week: Nov. 5-11

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

Booking is now open for all the restaurants participating in Rome Restaurant Week, running from November 5th to 11th! The list of participating restaurants is impressive, including many famous, and hard-to-visit eateries of Rome. At most of the restaurants, with €25, … Continue reading →

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This Is Rome: Tonight and Tomorrow

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

Returning for its 5th edition, This Is Rome is back in the capital today and tomorrow, the 17th and 18th of October. This event, born in the club scene, highlights the most interesting components of culture that characterize the capital … Continue reading →

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Ferragosto in Rome

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Rome has been slowly emptying out over the past few weeks, and by now is pretty much a ghost town.  It seems like everyone, including the Metro A, has ditched the city in favor of cooler climates (or at least … Continue reading →

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Pazzo for Pesto

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

I first met pesto some years ago back home in the Italian culinary hotspot of the San Francisco Bay Area mid-Peninsula region. Movie nights with the family would see me inhaling the garlicky green sauce slicked across our local pizzeria’s … Continue reading →

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A Heavenly Day in Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Ahhhh, spring! Possibly the only thing lovelier than spring in Rome is summer in Minnesota. But, alas, we’re not in Minnesota, we’re in Rome. And I’ve got to share this beautiful excursion in the center of the city. Where: Piazza … Continue reading →

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Easter Recipe Roundup

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Now that we’ve provided all the practical information regarding Easter in Rome, let’s move on to the fun(ner?) stuff – the meal. The Easter meal is a time to bring together friends, family, or all of the above, and it … Continue reading →

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I Feel Like Peruvian Chicken Tonight

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Food fatigue is a terrible thing, especially for someone who loves all manner of Italian cuisine as much as I do. But, as I’ve documented in the past, sometimes a brief break from the local specialties is required, if for … Continue reading →

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Brunching in Rome: Bocca di Dama

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Brunch in Rome is a curious thing. It occupies a vague position, hovering somewhere between the traditional, big Sunday lunch and the cram-a-bunch-of-different-salads-and-breadstuffs-onto-your-plate aperitivo tradition. What it has little in common with, however, is the French Toast and Eggs Benedict-fueled, … Continue reading →

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Of Monsters and Chestnuts Part Two: The Recreation

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

If you were with us for part one, then you know the origin story – girl goes to 14th century estate with oversized mythological carvings, girl works up an appetite walking around the grounds of said estate, girl goes to … Continue reading →

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Of Monsters and Chestnuts Part One: The Meal

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

Escaping the traffic and pollution of Rome is not a terribly difficult task – a 3 euro train ride whisks you away into the bucolic country bliss of the Castelli Romani, with cheap, tasty wine and enough local specialties to … Continue reading →

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