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Rose Festival-Lanuvio
3rd and 4th May from 10.00 to 21.00 a Rose Festival takes place in the village of Lanuvio, south of Rome.
How to get there: By train Rome-Velletri (station Lanuvio)
By car: GRA, exit 23 Via Appia,Castelli Romani. Pass Genzao-Via Appia Vecchia and after 5km Lanuvio
Come to the Wine Fair at Ardea
23km south of Rome is the Donnardea Farm where on Saturday from 12-19.00 and Sunday from 10.30 to 19.00 you will find the Wine Cellars open for wine tasting and visiting this lovely farmhouse surrounded by vineyards, just outside of Rome.
How to get there: By car take the autostrada Roma/Napoli,Exit Rome Sud,Grand Racc.Annulare, Exit [...]
SBU-Strategic Basic Unit
Patrizio and Cristiano, two roman brothers have a very ‘underground’ approach to their creativity, they don’t advertise, don’t do fairs and the quality of their own designs talk for themselves! Their famous jeans made from japanese and american denim cloth are strictly made in Italy, and sold in London, Tokyo and Los Angeles. [...]
Posted by Cristina on aprile 24th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »Polpettone – tuna fish loaf, meat loaf, vegetable loaf
Nothing is better with a mixed salad than a slice of polpettone… meat loaf, any kind of loaf. Just cook it in the oven and you can eat it cold or hot. You can also make a tomatoe sauce and warm the slices in a large frying pan in the hot sauce.
Tuna loaf:
300gr fresh [...]
Gnocchi with two colours
I made these gnocchi for my niece in London with two small ones who love to make cookies and things and she always sees what I am up to here in Italy on my blog. This is for them to try out on Saturday afternoon on a rainy London day.
Coloured gnocchi for childs play!!!
Boil two [...]
Wine Bar ‘Cesaretto’
Angelo Calvino grew up in East Africa and had a very adventurous life. When he married and had two children in Rome his wife got so tired of him partying at home and cooking and making merry with all their friends that she suggested he made his talents go public!
And so ‘Cesaretto’ was born. A [...]
Roast chicken-the ultimate comfort food
One of our family comfort food is roast chicken. Basically I have to cook the chicken in the same way over and over again because even the smell coming from the oven makes everyone feel happy!
1 good organic if possible or ‘ruspante’ chicken
2 tropea onions with greens
2 garlic cloves, s & p,
sage & rosemary
fresh ginger, [...]
Flavors and Colors of Italy by Saro Liotta & Simone di Bagno
Its a cookbook. No, its an art book. No, its both! Saro Liotta and Simone di Bagno come together in their latest collaboration to create ‘Flavors and Colors of Italy’, the uniquely entertaining art-cookbook in which whimsical characters inhabit every day fruits and vegetables between the pages of simply delicious Italian recipes. Composer, guitarist, [...]
Posted by Ren on aprile 15th, 2008 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »Feast of Pappardelle al cinghiale in Nazzano, Rome
Sagra delle pappardelle al cinghiale Nazzano, Roma
25 aprile 2008
For whoever enjoys the simple things of Italy, don’t miss this feast of PASTA WITH WILD BOAR SAUCE! Traditionally handmade this delicious pasta will be found dressed with many different sauces as well as the famous boar. Lots of typical local products on sale for you [...]
Posted by Ren on aprile 15th, 2008 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »Gastronomic Fair in the Sabina
Fara in Sabina 19-20 April, 2008
Posted by Ren on aprile 15th, 2008 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »Garden Flower Fair at the Landriana
“PRIMAVERA ALLA LANDRIANA”
Rare plants, trees, bulbs, herbs, books, tools of the trade all in a beautiful setting 40km south of Rome. Go and spend the day surrounded by spring flowers where you can also have a delicious lunch in the garden.
25, 26, 27 aprile 2008 from 10.00 to 19.00
How to get there: From [...]
Nudo-Adopt an Olive tree
What is Nudo?
Nudo is an olive grove. And part of it can be yours.
Adopt one of its trees for a year and you’ll receive all the produce from your tree.
Imagine dunking your bread in your own oil from your own tree 1,500 miles away in Italy.
It’s delicious, it’s good for the world and you get [...]
It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be
A guide to succeed in life by advertising guru Paul Arden.
A gift from my daughter.
Executive Creative Director of Saatchie & Saatchie for 15 years has written this crazy original book, whereby, us not being as brilliant as him, we can at least read it and enjoy his energy & wit.
absence for voting!
No blogging for a few days. Had to go to Tuscany to vote! It was beautiful. We picked wild asparagus on the side of the fields just below Manciano and turned them into a frittata with onions from the small vegetable patch. Gorged ourselves on Stracchino from Sorano together with focaccia. Will [...]
Posted by Ren on aprile 14th, 2008 under In Rome and around | Comment now »“I wouldn’t leave Rome to go to Heaven” by Joie Davidow
In this wise and funny novel, three single women, all expatriates living in Rome, face middle age: Margaret walked out on her husband as soon as her son was old enough to leave home, and she’s never regretted it. She relishes her solitary lifestyle until illness threatens her independence. Katja, a former model, still believes [...]
Posted by Ren on aprile 11th, 2008 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »Fresh new Tropea Onions
The market had the first purple fresh Tropea onions that we all wait eagerly for every spring together with the young fresh ‘aglietti’ garlic. They are sweet and aromatic.
Tropeans take their onions very seriously. All planting and tending are done by hand. After harvesting, the women select and entwine the strings of red onions [...]
CHICKEN,POLLO…legs,breasts,wings,and more
Spirals of chicken breast with mint & almond pesto ; with zucchini & carrots
4 slices chicken breast olive oil
garlic s & p
zucchini,carrots, red & green cabbage
pesto: 1/4 cup roasted almonds
1 shallot
large handfull mint
1/2 cup pecorino,or strong cheese
1,1/2 tbn olive oil
Toast the almonds taking care not to burn them. About 6′. Cool & pulse with the onion. [...]
Posted by Ren on aprile 9th, 2008 under Recipes | Comment now »Panis Focacius
Focaccia, flat oven baked bread:
In Recco near Genova there is a famous bakery where people will drive for miles around to eat their famous focaccia with crescenza cheese:
250gr white flour 500gr crescenza or stracchino soft cheese
salt extra virgin olive oil
Make a fountain with the flour on a marble table & put 1 spoon olive oil [...]
Sagra degli Gnocchi-Gnocchi Feast Riofreddo (Rm)
Sagra degli Gnocchi.
6th April hosts the 5th Gnocchi Feast in Riofreddo . Starting at 12.00 you will find gnocchi with ragu, barbeque meat & typical products of the area.
How to get there:Take Via Tiburtina, at km68 EXIT-Carsoli-Autostrada Roma-Aquila
see:www.vocedellavallechetta.org
Antique Fair –
Lots of stalls of high quality antiques. Every 1st & 3rd Sunday (excluding August) under the arches of Piazza Augusto Imperatore, just in front of Caesar Agustus’ last resting place. Look out for Marinella with her beautiful 17th & 18th century antique frames which she searches for all over Europe, together with her collection of [...]
Trionfale Market
Franci’s pictures
Posted by Francesca on aprile 2nd, 2008 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »The library at the Japanese Institute of Culture in Rome
The library specializes in all kinds of books regarding Japan. Novels written by foreigners & Japanese (in English), books on architecture, decor, ceramics, costume, travel. Naturally there are many books in Japanese as well. The library has big windows looking out on the garden & it is a lovely place to sit & consult the [...]
High-tech d’epoca – antiquariato
Piazza A. Capponi 7, Borgo Pio
tuesday-saturday 10a.m.-19p.m.
Whatever you might need for your house or office, beautifully restored & hunted out for you by Luisa in her big space full of antiques from all over Italy & abroad. High-tech style to mix with ultra modern and period stye decor. Just behind Borgo Pio in one [...]
Posted by Ren on aprile 1st, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »Oratorio del Gonfalone – music concerts
One of the most intriging places to listen to music in Rome, sitting on the old wooden benches surrounded by the beautiful boisserie & frescoes. Visit the site: www.oratoriogonfalone.it to find out the programme.
The Oratorio del Gonfalone, or Oratory of the Banner, is a building in Central Rome which once housed a Catholic fraternity. In [...]
Il Gonfalone – Restaurant, wine bar & music tavern
Via del Gonfalone 7 (off Via Giulia), Rome
Just off the Via Giulia in a quiet street in front of the 15thC ‘Oratorio del Gonfalone’ is Marco’s restaurant where you will find a warm open fireplace in the winter, & tables outside to enjoy the Roman night air as the weather warms up. The menu offers [...]
Roman Artichoke Fair in April
Don’t miss this feast of Artichokes
How to get there:
Take Autostrada A12 (Roma Civitavecchia) – Exit – Cerveteri-Ladispoli;
Via Aurelia:Entrata Sud – Via di Palo Laziale (Km 37)
Entrata Centro – Via Settevene Palo (Km 42)
Entrata Nord – Via di Torre Flavia
Chinese Peonies – a unique collection
Moutan Botanic Centre – nursery in Viterbo
BLOSSOMING PERIOD
April and May:
Suffruticosa tree peony species from April 10th until the end of April;
Tree peony species from the end of April until May 10th/15th;
Herbacious peonies from May 5th until the end of May.
The period may vary by more or less 15 days depending on the course of the [...]
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