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DiningCity Rome Restaurant Week: Nov. 5-11

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

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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Photo of the Week: Lunch at Open Colonna

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Tuna to the tune of 38 kilos

Fish deliveries come in every morning at Pierluigi – they work with a few different purveyors who buy for them at the auctions – and yesterday this tuna came in.  By the end of lunch today it was almost all … Continue reading

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Faggotini di verza e agnello

Cabbage rolls at the American Academy – stuffed with ground lamb and then braised in chicken and lamb stock with tomatoes, celery and carrots. Beautifully different shades of green pre-braising.

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Recipe of the week: bruschetta con cavolo nero

This is an incredibly easy dish that can be prepared in the 10 minutes or so it takes to toast the bread, but makes a great fall combination.  This time of year they are finishing up the olive harvest so … Continue reading

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Top 5: Aperitivo

Gusto This trifurcated food complex up by the Ara Pacis features all level of Italian-dining – from a takeaway cheese counter to pizza to casual bar to osteria to ristorante.  But if you swing by before dinner the osteria/enoteca location … Continue reading

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Top 5: Gelato

Ciampini - For the most part bars (coffee shops) don’t have particularly good gelato, but Ciampini is the exception that proves the rule.  Their marron glace (candied chestnuts) is one of the best flavors in town.  And if you can make … Continue reading

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Photo of the Week: Campo de’ Fiori

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