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Sagra della Lumaca-Festa of the Snail

Festa of the Snail – Sagra della Lumaca -from 2nd July to 4th July -via romana, Magliano Sabina
Lamb cooked alla Fogliana- strozzapreti all’ arrabbiata- but the queen remains  la lumaca, cooked from the old traditional recipe.

Posted by Ren on giugno 30th, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »

food fairs in July in Lazio

Sagra della Zucchina in Fiore

25 june- 4 July 2010 / Faleri Novi / Fabrica di Roma (VT)

Carosello Storico dei Rioni

27 June- 31 July 2010 / Cori (LT)

2^ Sagra della pizza

2 – 4  July / Piazzale ATER / Ausonia (FR)

VI Festa della Birra

2 – 4 July / Piazzale Giovanni Paolo II (Piazzale Campo [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 30th, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around | Comment now »

Luca’s pesto

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Roma

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maremma

2010 Jun 26: Partial Lunar Eclipse

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Breakfast

“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?”
“What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh.
“What do you say, Piglet?”
“I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
“It’s the same thing,” he said.

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

Pesto with walnuts and peas

300 gr fusilli pasta (for 3)
1 small potatoe cut into small pieces.
Mix together in the mixer:- 2tbspn grated parmesan or grana,1 small garlic clove,3 tbspn olive oil,8 shelled walnuts, s & p, tbspn water, not too fine,just a little crunchy. Add 3 tbspns cooked fresh peas ( leave some whole). Set aside
Bring some salty water [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 18th, 2010 under Recipes | 1 Comment »

Without Borders Film Festival

Between July 7 and 9th July , 2010, the third edition of the multi-cultural festival “Senza Frontiere/WithoutBorders” will take place at the Casa del Cinema of Rome.
Wednesday 7th July
SALA DELUXE at 14.30
ACQUA Italia 2010-Short about WATER done by the students of the Pistelli School in Rome. follwed by:
HAITI SHORTS Director – Cine Institute students. Haiti, [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 15th, 2010 under Films-Theatre in Rome | Comment now »

Calamari,fennel & tomatoe stew

This is for Phoebe who wants to cook Italian food.
400gr. cleaned medium size calamari
half the heart of a medium fennel
10 small tomatoes
garlic ,olive oil, fresh sweet chilli,s & p, parsley
Sauté a little garlic in olive oil for 4 minutes with the 6 thin slices of seeded red sweet chilli pepper. Add the calamari sliced in [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 14th, 2010 under Recipes | 2 Comments »

Keats and Shelly burial place in Rome

Keats (1795-1821) lies in a quiet corner in the oldest part of the Cemetery, next to Keats’s tomb is that of the artist and friend ,Joseph Severn (1793-1879),also responsible for the design of his friend’s grave. Later in life Severn became  British Consul in Rome.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)  was cremated on the beach of Lerici [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 11th, 2010 under In Rome and around | Comment now »

Fifa World Cup

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Food fairs in Lazio in June

PIZZA FESTA – SAGRA DELLA PIZZA COTTA IN PIAZZA – From 6th to 13th June in Lariano

CHERRY FESTA – Sagra della  Cillegia from 10th to 13th June
RICOTTA FESTA Sagra della Ricotta-13th JuneCapranica Prenestina – Sagra della Ricotta -13th June in Guadagnolo,
LAMB KEBAB FESTA. Sagra dello Spiedino di Pecora. From 12th June to 14th [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 9th, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around, In Rome and around | Comment now »

Marmalade

Luca’s marmalade from Perfect Preserves:
1,4kg scrubbed oranges
2 scrubbed lemons
4,1/2 cups mixed brown and white sugar (or white sugar for a paler marmalade)
1/4 cup preserved stem ginger (he used 2 spoons grated fresh ginger root)
Put 6 cups of water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil with the fruit and simmer covered for about [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 7th, 2010 under Recipes | 1 Comment »

Rock Save Italy

window dressing

Posted by Ren on giugno 7th, 2010 under In Rome and around | Comment now »

Sunday photos

Porchetta at the Trionfale market
Giant mozzarella at the market
Giant chilli

Posted by Ren on giugno 7th, 2010 under In Rome and around | Comment now »

The River Cottage cookbook

What is River Cottage?
1998 when Hugh moved into the original River Cottage in Dorset, to start growing and rearing some of his own food. ‘River Cottage’  continue to stand for the same principles: self-sufficiency, food integrity, and the consumption of local, seasonal produce.
Today, River Cottage consists of several different projects…

Posted by Ren on giugno 6th, 2010 under Books to read on cooking and not | 1 Comment »

Sfuffed artichokes

4 Roman artichokes
juice of  half lemon
Chop together with a half moon:-1 clove garlic,flat leaved parsley,1 anchovy,1 small spoon capers
grated parmesan and bread crumbs, s & p, olive oil
Pour some cold water into a bow with the squeezed juice of  half a lemon and throw in the lemon as well.Prepare artichokes by taking about one third [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 5th, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

Chicken breast in balsamic vinegar

1 chicken breast sliced
6 baby tomatoes, 1 white onion,
balsamic vinegar,olive oil,s & p

In a frying pan sauté the tomatoes cut in two, and sliced onion in olive oil until slightly transparent, s & p and add 1 tbspn balsamic vinegar.Cook alltogether for 1′ and add the chicken. Cook on med. heat, turning the chicken until [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 5th, 2010 under Recipes | Comment now »

Nemi strawberry Festival

6 June 2010.
Juices,icecream,liquors and bowls and bowls of strawberries on the menu at the l Sagra delle Fragole, in the town of Nemi in the Castelli Romani just south of Rome.
Nemi, Castelli Romani.
How to get there: Bus: goes from the  Anagnini metro station with COTRAL to the town of Genzano then a change of bus [...]

Posted by Ren on giugno 5th, 2010 under Food Fairs-Wine & Eating in Rome and around, In Rome and around | Comment now »

Roman spring vegetable vignarola

1 kilo fresh fava beans
1 kilo fresh peas
5 artichokes
lemon
3 large white fresh onions
vegetable broth
s & p, olive oil
Prepare the artichokes and put in cold water with lemon juice. Take out the fava beans and the peas from their pods.
Cut the onions in rounds and stew for 6′ in olive oil, add the artichokes cut in [...]

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

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