Archive for febbraio, 2010

Roman Marathon

The Roman Marathon race  on Sunday 21 March 2010, starts from the Colosseum. Following for 42km, traditionally the distance from Maratona to Athens, the path the Greek soldier covered to announce the Persians defeat in 490 b.c

A rest stop is set up each 5 kilometres with an aid station, toilets, mechanics for patching [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 24th, 2010 under In Rome and around | Comment now »

The food handbook

ChezPim,
“queen of the food bloggers,”

Posted by Ren on febbraio 24th, 2010 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »

A homemade life by Molly Wizenberg

A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg. Another blogger turned writer! at Orangette.com

Posted by Ren on febbraio 24th, 2010 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »

Super Natural Cooking

Great book from Heidi Swanson, one of the first food bloggers
alias 101 CookBook,

Posted by Ren on febbraio 24th, 2010 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »

Slow Food and Settimane del Gusto

SLOW FOOD ORGANIZING LA SETTIMANA DEL GUSTO
All over Italy for the under 26’s  special reduction  on all the menus from the best restaurants in Italy
22nd February till 7th March. Settimane del Gusto, the Week of Taste. Check on www.settimanedelgusto.it to find the lists of the restaurants in all the provinces of Italy nearest to you.

Posted by Ren on febbraio 23rd, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »

Luce 44

Delicious baby squids in tomatoe sauce on a bed of polenta at Luce 44,Via della Luce 44- Restaurant and Wine garden in Trastevere. www.Luce44.it
Here the philosophy is to offer delicately prepared organic menus , respecting the 0km impact (all food and vegetables already in the city  . In a beautiful and natural space of pale [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 23rd, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »

Jazz from Japan

1 MARZO ore 20.00
JAZZ FROM JAPAN
JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE

Kimiko Ito with Aki Takase Unit
Free Admission

Posted by Ren on febbraio 23rd, 2010 under Music -Musicians -Art in Rome and around | Comment now »

Vegetarian rice paper rolls

30 gr rice noodles soaked in boiling water for 5′
Shred 1 cup chinese (wombok) or regular cabbage, grated carrot, spring onion thinly sliced,2 tspn chopped fresh corriander and bean sprouts (optional). Mix with the noodles cut with a scissor.
For the rolls, place as many round sheets of rice paper as you need in hot water [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 23rd, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

Chinese noodle soup

Vegetable stock,peeled fresh ginger, some sliced mushrooms,2 crushed garlic cloves, fresh green chilli, corn,2 cups shredded chinese cabbage (wombok),carrot sliced in matchsticks, tofu, soy sauce, 1 tspn tahina, 100gr chinese rice noodles, 2 spring onions sliced diagonally, olive oil.
Put the soya on a sieve to drain the liquid until it is firm. Heat stock and [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 23rd, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

Finishing the Kitchen

A World Premiere

Finishing the Kitchen

written and directed by Patricia Gaborik
Six short plays where the hijinks and heartaches of moving in (and out!) make us wonder if learning to live with others also means learning to live with ourselves. The perfect show for ex-pats and Italians alike: those just arrived, those [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 23rd, 2010 under Films-Theatre in Rome | Comment now »

Sofia’s lemon sole

The email from my daughter in London this morning.Cooking runs in the family!
Lemon sole with cherry tomatoes and capers… Potatoes with honey and thyme..then braised fennel and leeks with sesame seed and butter soooo yummy xx

Posted by Ren on febbraio 18th, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

Maite,Marie e il Fotografo

18 February  2010
Antù. via Libetta 15/c Roma

Favourite Blogger: La Cucina di Calycanthus
showing ‘Ritratti Alimentari’
From 18.30 to 22.00 join in for the aperitive with some recipies of

http://lacucinadicalycanthus.net

Posted by Ren on febbraio 16th, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

mandala a Elmo

Posted by Ren on febbraio 16th, 2010 under In Rome and around | Comment now »

preparing for the Tiger

Happy New Year China 2010
On Saturday 14th February at the Biblioteca of the Pignetto are at  16 00 you can watch the traditional chinese dance of the Lion and Dragon , dmonstratons in the street of Kug Fu, book presentations of ‘It’s China’ , you can watch and perhaps learn to write the chinese calligiraphy [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 12th, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »

Chicken and herb parcels

6 boned chicken quarters
crushed parsley,rosemary,garlic,fresh chilli,grated lemon grind
s & p,white wine,soya sauce, medium sliced onion
Have your butcher prepare the boned chicken  and flatten between two pieces of cling film.
Prepare the abundent crushed herbs and spices with salt and pepper and put a generous strip on the meat and roll up.
Sauté the onion in olive oil [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 12th, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

M’illumino di meno-Save energy day

Posted by Ren on febbraio 9th, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

Limoncello from Nicole’s lemons

It’s time to make Limoncello.
Luca’s recipe.
8 organic unsprayed lemons
1 ltre alcohol (outside of Italy you can use Vodka)
350gr white sugar
1 ltre water
Plastic container with a lid
some small bottles with corks

Take the skin off the lemons being sure to remove as much white pith as possible.Put in your plastic container with the alcohol and leave covered [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 8th, 2010 under Recipes | 1 Comment »

In Late Winter we ate Pears

In Late Winter We Ate Pears
A Year of Hunger and Love
Caleb Barber, chef  and writer Deirdre Heekin share their love affair with a culture and way of life in a year spent in Italy. Lovely recipes.

Posted by Ren on febbraio 8th, 2010 under Books to read on cooking and not | Comment now »

Carnival in Rome

SARABANDA-
from Sunday 7 February to Tuesday 16 February
FROM  15.00
Piazza del Popolo-San Lorenzo in Lucina and Piazza Navona

Posted by Ren on febbraio 8th, 2010 under In Rome and around, Music -Musicians -Art in Rome and around | Comment now »

Suga Jazz Studio-japanese dance

Saturday 13th February from 14.00 hrs in Piazza Navona, celebrating thel Carnevale di Roma, thirty Japanese dancers from Suga Jazz Studio from the city of  Kochi, exhibit their traditionoal dance ‘Izanai”, yosakoi style.
Yoskoi is a dance form from 1954 combining the popular Awa Odori traditional dance celebrating the festivities of  Obon, with modern Japanese music. [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 4th, 2010 under Films-Theatre in Rome | Comment now »

Biscotti

A guest gave me this box of biscuits. Look at the beautiful packaging!

Posted by Ren on febbraio 3rd, 2010 under In Rome and around | Comment now »

Trionfale market in February

Posted by Ren on febbraio 3rd, 2010 under Shopping for food,clothes & fun | Comment now »

Francofilm in Rome-World Music

Thursday  11th at 21.00hrs

Musiche del mondo-World Music-In occasion of Francofilm in Rome

SONGS from Edith Piaf, Charles Trenet, traditional Green and Balcan songs,portugese fado, homage to music from Haiti and Senegal and original songs from Minim’art

Posted by Ren on febbraio 3rd, 2010 under Music -Musicians -Art in Rome and around | Comment now »

Te Deum H.146 At the Church San Luigi dei Francesi

Concert on Wednesday 10th February at 21.00 at the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi.

Beneath the Caravaggio with
Cappella Ludovicea
Orchestra della Trinità dei Monti
directed by M° Ildebrando Mura
FREE ENTRANCE
Arcangelo Corelli
op.6 n.8 and op 6n.4
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum H. 146

Posted by Ren on febbraio 2nd, 2010 under Music -Musicians -Art in Rome and around | Comment now »

women behind the camera-Japanese Institute

Screenings of Female Director’s Works until  March 16th -JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE ROME

AT 19.00HRS
Tuesday 2 February
The Cat Leaves Home (2004, 94’) di Nami Iguchi
Tuesday 9th February
The Far Road (1977, 110’) di Sachiko Hidari
Tuesday 16th February
The Cherry [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 2nd, 2010 under Films-Theatre in Rome | Comment now »

Films at the French cultural centre Rome

CENTRO CULTURALE FRANCESE IN ROME
FEBRUARY- and MARCH-2 shows, monday at 21.00 and wednesday at 17.00
most films in original with french subtitles

03 . 02 > I horodia tou Haritona
(La chorale de Chariton) (Grecia)
di Grigoris Karantinakis
Grecia 2005 – 116min – 35mm – vost-fr – commedia
ore 18 .oo

08 . 02 + 10 . 02 > Wahed-Sefr (Un-zéro) [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 2nd, 2010 under Films-Theatre in Rome | Comment now »

Australia today in Rome-Ab-Origini

Until  7 March 2010. For the first time in Italy an exhibition presents the work of some of the most representative contemporary aboriginal artists in Australia today. Participating artists include Rover Thomas, Clifford Possum, Judy Watson Napangardi, Linda Syddick Napaltjarri and Nancy Nungurrayi.
Palazzo Incontro, Via dei Prefetti ROMA 22,  10.00-19.00. Mon closed.

Posted by Ren on febbraio 1st, 2010 under In Rome and around | Comment now »

Micropop in Rome

Until February 13, 2010
WINTER GARDEN at the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome
Since the interest in Japanese pop culture has been growing all over the world, The Japan Foundation has asked Ms. Midori Matsui, an art critic, to curate the exhibition. The subject of this exhibition is the world of “Micropop” as embodied by the [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 1st, 2010 under In Rome and around | Comment now »

Squid with fennel

Squid or Totani with stewed fennel.

4 med/large cuttlefish, cleaned and prepared by fishmonger
5 large spoons olive oil
1 sliced onion,bay leaf,white wine
2 crushed garlic cloves,s & p
Can tomatoe
hot water,lemon juice
2 fennel bulbs sliced for stewing,plus some green from top.
Sweat the onion in a pot with some of the olive oil, add the crushed garlic and cook [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 1st, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

Pasta with Arzilla (ray/skate) and parsley

Razza or Ray/skate is a typical mediterranean fish..
For 3 people. 600gr cleaned and cut into pieces by your fishmonger.
Put some water in a frying pan with a sliced carrot and simmer  the fish, covered  for about 10′. Take all the cooked flesh off the bones and put aside.
Dry the pan and add olive oil. Grate [...]

Posted by Ren on febbraio 1st, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

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