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Si canta maggio-Parco della Musica on First of May
Traditional music and local food and wine in the Piazza of Parco della Musica
Celebrating the First of May.Gastronomy and traditional songs join the stands of artisan tools of times gone by.
First of May Galleria Borghese
1st of May at Borghese.
The Museum will be open at a special admission price of 1€.
Reservation/prepurchase is still mandatory at www.ticketeria.it or at +390632810
Galleria Borghese – Servizio Ufficiale Prenotazione Biglietti – Ticketeria s.r.l..
Fonte: www.ticketeria.it
First of May around Rome
1 May-Bracciano-Fiera dei Terzi
1 May – Civitella San Paolo-Procession and Festa dei Canestri
1 May – Filacciano – Sagra delle Fave e del Pecorino
1 May Fregene -Festa Campestre
1 May Mazzano Romano – sagra della fava e pecorino
1 May – Velletri – processione dei Ceri
Festa dei Canestri
A Civitella S. Paolo (in Provincia di Roma) il Primo Maggio [...]
Lemon breakfast cake
2 cups white flour
1 packet backing powder
4 tbspns mild flavoured olive oil (or butter)
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
Almonds
3 drops rose water (optional)
grated zest and juice of 1 organic lemon
Heat the oven to 175°. Line a bread tin with baking paper.
Separate the white and yolk of the eggs.
Beat the olive oil and sugar together until creamy
Add egg [...]
Chocolate birthday cake
Nicole’s cake.
Make a sponge cake base with a basic recipe.
Cut in half through the middle with a long bread knife. Make a watery syrup with some sugar and spoons of strawberry jam and wet both sides of the spong well
For the glacing. 200gr 70°/o best chocolate
80gr butter
140gr icing sugar
1 drop rose water (optional)
about 4 tbspn [...]
Orchids and plants on the terrace
Descending the Tiber 2009
25th April – Descending the Tiber 2009, now celebrates the 30th anniversary of this event where canoeists row from
Citta di Castello in Umbria to Rome. www.discesadeltevere.org
Park of the Appian Way on the Archeobus
The best way to visit the Appian way is to take the Archeobus leaving from Piazza Venezia every day at 9.00am and 5.00pm.Information 06.46954695.
Regina Viarum, Queen of Roads of Ancient Rome.As it was forbidden to bury within the city walls, this part of Rome is filled with many graves.Still with the original cobblestones yu will [...]
Posted by Ren on aprile 27th, 2009 under In Rome and around | Comment now »Aneletti pasta rings with puré of peas and tuna
My friend who teaches stucco and Sicilian cooking gave me a kilo of Aneletti from Palermo.Today I did a sacriledge to this traditional dish usually served with a ragù sauce. There was a public holiday in Rome yesterday and the pantry was quite bare: apart from fresh peas (in season), tinned tuna, and these wonderful [...]
Posted by Ren on aprile 26th, 2009 under Recipes | Comment now »Roman spring
my neighbours’ rose in Rome
via cola di Rienzo in Rome
Posted by Ren on aprile 26th, 2009 under In Rome and around | Comment now »piazza di spagna in spring
Piazza di Spagna in April
via condotti
Posted by Ren on aprile 26th, 2009 under In Rome and around | Comment now »Michelle Obama’s shortbread biscuits
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 egg yolks
3 cups cake flour (not self-rising)
1 teaspoon each orange and lemon zest
2 tablespoons amaretto (almond liqueur)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 beaten egg white
Chopped nuts or dried fruit (optional)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Mix together butter and 1 ½ cups of sugar.
Add egg yolks one at [...]
The Mind of Leonardo
The Mind of Leonardo
Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia, Roma 1st may – 30th august 2009
opening hours 10am – 7pm (ticket office closes at 6pm) closed on Mondays
information and booking 06 32810 www.ticketeria.it
Following the extraordinary succes of the exhibition The Mind of Leonardo in its first presentation at the Uffizi Gallery (2006) and in [...]
spring flowers
Fava bean and pea risotto
About 20 fresh fava beans
1, 1/2 small onions
olive oil, s & p
cup full of fresh peas
Arborio Rice
glass of white wine
parmesan cheese and parsley
chicken broth
Shell the peas and stew in some chicken broth for about 15′. Shell the fava beans. Mince one onion and sauté together with the fava beans in some olive oil, adding broth [...]
Happy birthday Roma!
Posted by Ren on aprile 21st, 2009 under In Rome and around, Recipes | Comment now »
Spring vegetable & fruits nutritional value
Peas – high protein content - essential in a vegetarian diet,
source of fiber, source of vitamin A, C and potassium, manganese and phosphorus
Kiwis – Potassium-good for protecting against high blood pressure,
contains antioxidant, rich vit.E and lutein, helps good vision, only 50 calories each fruit
More fibre than apples and twice the amount vit.C as an orange
Boosts [...]
Sicily..amo!!!
Dinner at my house on Friday
eggplant rolls with salted sicilian ricotta cheese
beccafico sardines
Posted by Ren on aprile 20th, 2009 under Recipes | Comment now »Pizza or salty bread for Easter in Italy
2 eggs, 350 g flour, 80 g grated parmesan or grana cheese, 80 g pecorino cheese. 1/2 glass milk, 20 g yeast.
1/2 glass extravergin olive oil,grated nutmeg, S & P
Mix the yeast with the warm milk and let stand for 5 minutes.add the eggs and mix well. s & p, nutmeg, cheese and mix thoroughly. [...]
orthodox easter
STUFFED EGGS WITH SAUTE’ MUSHROOMS
olive oil for sauté
7 large eggs
2 heaping tablespoons of mayonnaise
chopped mushrooms
1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped
Salt and pepper
Place eggs in a large saucepan. Cover with water bring to a boil. Remove from heat , cover and let stand 12 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold running water to cool. Peel eggs, slice [...]
Chicken pieces with lemon and new potatoes & spring garlic
8 pieces of chicken, thighs, legs, wings ( I remove the skin as in Indian cooking).3 cloves new garlic with skin, s & p, lemon juice, 1 tbspn olive oil. 8 Baby potatoes, chillie pepper, 1/2 glass white wine (optional).
Marinate the chicken pieces for two hours or more in the lemon, garlic (just squashed with [...]
TIBERTRIO in concert
TIBERTRIO in concert
Saturday 18th April from 10.30 at Fairy Tales Pub, Via Caio Mario 16A
Luca Mattioli-voice and guitar
Alberto Martinelli-harmonica
Enrico Mandalari – Bass
cin cin cinema
Cin Cin Cinema fom April 14th to May 7th offers a reduction in price for €3 afternoons
€5 in the evening in many of the cinemas around Rome
Vieni in Provincia 2009-Come to the Provinces 2009
VIII National edition
Vieni in Provincia 2009
Discover the Roman Provinces through the 5 senses
From 30th April to 3rd May
Roma, Galoppatoio [...]
spring vegetables at the Roman market
new garlic
asparagus
salad
broccoli
roman markets
Posted by Ren on aprile 16th, 2009 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »
Music in Rome
Saturday 18 april 2009 – at 17:30
Concert di benedicenza di musica rinascimentale profana
Parrocchia di S. Giuseppe al Trionfale – Sala Bacciarini
Via Giovanni Bovio, 44
00192 – Roma
Music:Banchieri, Gastoldi, Henry VIII, Dowland, Des Pres
Fre entrance with an offer forAssociazione Umanitaria AMKA
8thApril at 18.00
Coro Ethos invites Gruppo Vocale cristallo,at Pontificio Oratorio S. Paolo. Viale di S. [...]
Romes’s birthday on 21st April
watch the fireworks on the Aventine Hill
Posted by Ren on aprile 15th, 2009 under In Rome and around | Comment now »Zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta cheese
The markets in Italy are full of zucchini flowers.
They are fun to fry either with or without a filling.
Her are some ideas.
Preparing the flowers Check the flowers for insects. Reach into the flower and gently pinch out stuffing together till smooth and not runny. .
STUFFING.- Ricotta cheese, grated nutmeg,s & p, 2 spoons grated [...]
Mia market in Monti-unstressful fresh food
Mia Market is the new food concept in Monti.
In the first place it looks as if a group of friends has assembled in a kitchen and accidentally left the door open. Mia Market is a small “escape” where the market and the living room are fusing together providing a space for direct consumption amid a [...]
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