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Allbran loaf
Just made this healthy loaf for our breakfast:
1 cup all bran (you can use commercial or organic)
1 cup plain yogurt + 2 large tbsps hot water
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup manitoba flour
cream of tartar for 500gr/or baking pdr
1/2 tspn salt
1 tspn vanilla extract
Soak the bran, raisins, yogurt & hot [...]
The New Regional Italian Cuisine cookbook
This book is a pictorial tour of Italy and its cultures. It takes you through eight of the regions of Italy with a step by step guide on how to prepare the recipes. From Piedmont to Sicily you can cook your way all around the country. Very easy to follow and turn you into [...]
Posted by Cristina on maggio 27th, 2008 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »Another view from my window on the other side!
Guess who won?
Posted by Cristina on maggio 25th, 2008 under In Rome and around | Comment now »View from my window this morning!
Posted by Cristina on maggio 25th, 2008 under In Rome and around | Comment now »Indian dinner party in Rome
The wonderful Annu cooked an Indian dinner at my house last night. This is the menu:
Pilaf rice with chicken
Pakora- little fried balls of vegetables in a chickpea flour base
Makhani Paneer -homemade cheese in a tomatoe sauce
Theng chutney – fresh corriandolo chutney
Kacha pakka grated raw vegetables with Indian spices
Tandoor bread
Papadam
Shrikand with saffron,topped with strawberries and almonds
Special [...]
Indoroman-textiles from India in a Roman store
Via Gregoriana 36.
You will find this jewel of a store full of colourful fabrics, accessories and clothing from different tribal and minority traditions in India. The Indoroman Collection is a perfect juxtaposition of old traditions with new concepts.
Memories of Silk & Straw
A self-portrait of Small-town Japan by Dr.Junichi Saga.
Dr. Saga practicing medicine in Japan, began taping his older patients’ past reminiscences to capture the wealth of their memories. This book brings together geisha, gangster,shopkeeper,seamstress,fisherman and many others all to speak candidly about their lives.
Madame Sadayakko
‘The Geisha who seduced the west ‘ by Lesley Downer.
Sadayakko (1871-1946) was the ultimate geisha. Rebeliously she set out for the West in 1899 and travelled with her actor-husband from San Francisco to New York, Paris and Berlin. The true story of a passionate life.
Roma nel Piatto-Eat as the Romans do
Great little guide book only €12 for restaurants,trattorie, pizzerie and speciality shops in Rome. They take you through the different areas of the city offering a host of information on all the good things possible to do with FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!
Posted by Cristina on maggio 24th, 2008 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »Mozzarella in ROME
La Bufalallegra
The best mozzarella in Rome I have found at this little hidden away store behind the Via Cola di Rienzo (Prati) in Via Orazio 17. The Azienda Agricola Barlotti in Paestum provides this shop with mozzarella in all shapes and sizes, ricotta, smoked scamorza and other cheeses. You will also find buffalo prosciutto, salamis, friselle from [...]
Posted by Cristina on maggio 24th, 2008 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »Urbe et Erbe-Roman botanical gardens
23rd,24th and 25th May at the Botanical Gardens in Largo Cristina di Svezia,24.
Starting from 11.00 on Friday the Botanical Gardens of Rome will be hosting a series of encounters with herbalists and others to talk about the important of these plants for health and beauty. There will be talks on bees and honey, Bach flower [...]
Augusto’s birthday cake
My artist friend Augusto Ranocchi asked us to share a glass with him tonight to celebrate his birthday. I said I would bring a cake…. what did he like? Something with lemon…
So I got hold of this great recipe in The River Café Cook Book. Slightly revisited
For 10 people: Polenta, Almond & Lemon Cake
450gr unsalted [...]
Sweet Honey & Bitter Lemons
A glorious book written by Matthew Fort traveling around Sicily on a red Vespa called Monica . He takes you through one mouth watering trip to another and while you get hungry just reading these recipes, you also travel around Sicily as well!
Posted by Cristina on maggio 17th, 2008 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »Mediterranean Sound-JUNE
For an entire week Rome’s Auditorium hosts musicians, actors and poets from different countries, but with the same enthusiasm for all things Mediterranean
The festival begins with the Craj show, organised to resemble a big street party with the lights and smells of a Mediterranean childhood. The event continues with Radiodervish, who recently released [...]
Diladdarno
I love this book with the beautiful photos by Carlo Cantini.
Diladdarno [which literally means “beyond the river Arno”] is not just “a place”. It is the part of the town that today still conserves the essence of Florence, its more authentic soul: workers’ houses, small shops, artisans, humanity, all laboriously preserved from tourists’ onslaught. [...]
Fussili with Roast Vegetables
1 large round light purple eggplant
2 round zucchini
2 large white onions
3 ripe tomatoes
1 whole head garlic
origano, chilli, s & p
Cut the eggplant in four wedges and make small cuts in flesh. Cut the zucchini in half,making cuts in the flesh, half the onions,making little cuts. Place the garlic head on the side and cut right [...]
The Rome Chamber Music Festival
The 2008 Rome Chamber Music Festival
June 17–18–19 and June 24–25–26
Please join us to help celebrate our fifth anniversary in the magnificent Gonfalone Oratory. The program will feature the internationally acclaimed clarinetist David Krakauer and his celebrated ensemble Klezmer Madness!, selections from Vivaldi, Schubert, Händel and Schumann. You will also hear students from Mercer’s McDuffie Center [...]
Posted by Cristina on maggio 12th, 2008 under Music -Musicians -Art in Rome and around | Comment now »Sagra at Monterotondo ‘Fave e Pecorino’
May 11th in Monterotondo is the annual ‘Fava Bean and Pecorino Cheese Fair’. with lots of music and fun for all.
Monterotondo dates back to pre-Roman times and was even mentioned by the ancient poet Virgil. From the XIII century the city’s history begins to identify with the noble Roman families such as Orsini and Barberini. [...]
Posted by Cristina on maggio 10th, 2008 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »The Story of Art by E.H.Gombrich
This book has remained unrivalled as an introduction to the whole subject of the Story of Art. Full of wisdom and knowledge would be an ideal read for all ages who will be travelling around Italy.
PUBLISHER:phaidon
PORTHOS-May wine tasting
Come and learn all about the wine of Alsace at Porthos,curated by Sandro Sangiorgi.
Taste six different wines from the region, you can take your own glass if you want and after the tasting there will be some delicious bites to enhance the wine.
for info:Porthos/o6.53273407 or 338 8549619
Sofia’s birthday cake
Strawberry decadence for a Taurus with Virgo rising!
H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y!
2 cups organic flour
1 cup light cane sugar
1 pckt baking pdr (for 500gr cake)
1 tspn salt
4 eggs
1/2 cup melted butter/organic margarine
1/2 small tub yogurt/or strawberry yogurt
1 cup purée of strawberries
Heat oven 190′. Rub with butter a [...]
flower fair at the Auditorium-16th to 21st May
From 16 to 18 may ,la Fiera dei Fiori, PARCO DELLA MUSICA,AUDITORIIUM, is back again. Brought to Rome by the Amarilli Associazione, plants and colours for everyone. The theme this year is the ‘TERRAZZO’; you will be able to see and learn what plants you need for the shade and full sunshine, evergreens or colours. What [...]
Posted by Cristina on maggio 5th, 2008 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »Giochi d’Acqua e di Verde-Tuscolene villas open to the public
Grottaferrata – From 17 to 25 may the beautiful historical buildings of the Colline Romane, open to the public once again. All these private homes and gardens can be visited and enjoyed . Smell the perfumes of the flowered gardens, see the fountains of water cascading over ancient sculptures and admire the magnificent tuscolane architecture. There will be jazz concerts, classic [...]
Posted by Cristina on maggio 3rd, 2008 under In Rome and around | Comment now »Poggio Moiano (Ri),wild asparagus Fair
10th, 11th May Wild Asparagus Fair in Poggio Moiano (Ri)
Posted by Cristina on maggio 3rd, 2008 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »Handmade taglietelle with fish sauce
I took out the old Imperia pasta machine from my husband’s mothers cupboard this weekend because I had lent mine. I needed to crank it up though and started with this recipe for simple taglietelli where you take 100gr flour and 1egg per person. To make things simple take a large, deep bowl and put the [...]
Posted by Cristina on maggio 3rd, 2008 under Recipes | Comment now »Garnard Mediterranean fish with vegetable pesto
1 filet of garnard per person
Mix alltogether in the magimix; 1 clove garlic, 1 tropea onion, 6 pacchino tomatoes, dill & parsley.
Place a deep frying pan on low fire and add some olive oil and the sauce. Cover and cook for 15′ and put 1 filet of garnard for each person, s & p. Cover and [...]
“SCATTANDO” PER ROMA IV edizione della Caccia fotografico – ecologica più grande della Capitale
CACCIA AI TESORI DI ROMA
Sunday 11th May-Piazza Venezia
Making a comeback in Rome is the Photographic Treasure Hunt, “Caccia ai Tesori di Roma”, a cultural and ecological event organized by Barrio Comunicazione & Eventi. Sunday at 10.30 all participants starting from Piazza Venezia – Piazza Madonna di Loreto, armed with cameras and bycicles begin to discover, or rediscover [...]
Vintage 20th century
Antonella Petraglia
Via dell’Arancio, 45
Tel. 06 6830.7829
antonellapetraglia@libero.it
Hidden away behind Via Tomacelli and Piazza in Lucina, this small shop has an eclectic mixtureof vintage pieces from the 20th century. Antonella, with her sharp eye, hunts out pieces from no-name designers and from well-known designers. Definitely worth a visit if you are looking for something unusual like [...]
‘Candele di fuoco,Candles of fire!-red radishes
I found these long radishes at the market this morning where I went to buy a fish to roast and some small squids to cook on the hot plate.
Some things to do with these red radishes: they can be slightly steamed and then added to grated carrots, sesame oil, white wine vinegar and chopped [...]
Cucimondo-cooking lessons of the world
Solidarity and cooking in Rome – I found this out too late, but will put it on the BLOG anyway.
TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS CITY TO KEEP UP WITH HER.
From 28th feb to 22 May – British Embassy, Via xx Settembre 80/A.
Every thursday from 20hrs to 22hrs a different nation teaches you their traditional [...]
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