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July 20, 2014
drinks at the shard {london}
When I lived in New York I never visited the Empire State Building. And here in Rome I can’t remember the last time I actually entered the Colosseum. But put me in a city not my own and I’m as site hungry as the next person. While up in London two weeks ago visiting Emma,...
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July 16, 2014
oxford {photos}
It’s summer, and while I’ve been traveling a lot recently it’s been mostly for work. This week though, I’m actually on vacation. But still….I find it hard to skip a post. So consider this a blog-post-lite. I’m sharing photos I took earlier this week while in Oxford. I was there for the Oxford Food Symposium,...
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July 14, 2014
eggplant + sage {pasta}
I admit it. I’m attracted to bright and shiny. And by bright and shiny I’m of course referring to technicolor vegetables. While I’m as respectful as the next girl of honestly lumpy, wart and all, heirloom tomatoes, there is something about a perfectly shiny, striated eggplant that cries out to me. Last week I visited...
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July 13, 2014
green pepper pesto {da adolfo}
The following photographs might look a bit familiar. I’ve written about da Aldolfo, a beach side restaurant in Positano, in the past. It’s one of my all time favorite places in the world. I’m actually headed back to Positano tomorrow with , of course, my friend Gillian for whom Positano has become a way of...
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July 9, 2014
zucchini-soise {cold soup}
I’ve decided one of my hidden talents is figuring out new things to do with zucchini. Once again, Domenico has over-planted our orto. We seem to have the same conversation each and every year. Domenico: I’m going to the nursery. How many zucchini plants should I get? Elizabeth: 6 will be plenty. At the very...
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July 7, 2014
carapina {gelato update rome}
It’s Gelato Season! While in theory it’s been gelato season for quite a while (and there are some who would argue that it’s always gelato season) it’s actually only gotten sort of hot recently in Rome. By this time of July we’re all usually dealing with heat and humidity, but for some reason this year...
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July 6, 2014
grilled mozzarella + lemon leaves {positano}
Another lemony recipe from Positano. They do actually make dishes that don’t involve lemons down there, but for some reason – once I’m back home in the land of no lemon trees – the image and taste of lemons is all I seem to think about. This 2 ingredient dish is beyond simple. Simple, that...
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July 2, 2014
a visit to capezzana {tuscany}
If you’ve been following me along the last couple of months, you know I’ve been traveling a bit. Not far, mostly in Italy, but each weekend seems to be in a different place. All great fun, but hard to keep up with reporting back on the blog. A few weekends ago we went up to...
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June 30, 2014
cavatelli + sage pesto {cooking in sicily}
Last week I wrote about my regret at never having had the chance to take a cooking lesson with Anna Tasca Lanza. My disappointment was alleviated in a big way while I was down in Sicily, since I had the great good fortune of cooking with Anna’s daughter, Fabrizia. Fabrizia now runs the school her...
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June 29, 2014
eating rome {my new book}
One of the reasons that I began this blog was to help publicize my last book. When I wrote Italian Rustic my publisher suggested that a blog (what was that?) would help sales. That, plus social media, was supposed to take the place of old fashioned advertising. Instead of a book tour there was Facebook,...
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