…in Bologna – where we have come on a two and a half hour speedy train ride north through the mountains from Rome for a night to attend a few events in the freezing cold and even snowflakes – seemed to be a highlight for many fair-goers based on the reactions of some of those ..
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…or nettles, are to be found all over the streets of Rome, coming up from any unattended space between stones, they sting (a fact I am sure every Roman child learns early on with a warning from a parent – since it is the first thing that all of my Italian friends say about them: ..
…or Vicia faba, are keeping my rooftop garden spring-like in the middle of a Roman winter – and since I have never grown them before, it is all new to me – like the fact that they are often used as a cover crop, excel at fixing nitrogen in the soil, grow to become 2-6 ..
…(‘bowler’s hat’ in Dutch, since it used to be a hat shop) is the rare organic vegan restaurant in this town in the land of dairy, which was a prized find (for this vegan) on my last visit a few months ago – a cozy place with lots of plants, views of the canal, a ..
…is the surprising legacy of the potato plants that were cut down by the one night of frost up on the roof last week – and as I am back in the happy business of gardening in the sun, moving dirt, emptying the pots of ill-fated wild transplants, moving salad starts into bigger flats, transplanting ..
…featuring recipes from the kitchen of The American Academy in Rome by Mona Talbott and Mirella Misenti just had a very civilized Academy event and tea reception to celebrate the release of the first in a series of books to come from The Rome Sustainable Food Project. (publisher’..
…in the Venice sestiere of Cannaregio where I lived from 1990-91, was the highlight of my day, involving a visit back to my old street, Calle Riello, only to find that the lady who sold us fruits and vegetables around the corner was still there selling fruits and vegetables – so of course I introduced ..
…this evening at the wonderful Stroom – described as “an independent foundation established in 1989 as is a centre for art and architecture with a wide range of activities, starting from the visual arts, architecture, urban planning and design the program focuses on the urban environment.” – features exhibition spaces, public programming, commissioned civic projects, ..
…was a stunning culinary, pastoral, heartland experience created by Anne Trumble of Emerging Terrain that featured beautiful 20’x80′ images by local artists covering the silos visible from the freeway, an endless gorgeously set table with hand made pottery and wood platters, some of the best squash of I have ever tasted, and perfect autumnal prairie ..
…is the farmer just outside of Rome – who supplies most of the fresh, local, seasonal, and organic produce to chef Mona Talbott at the American Academy in Rome (they have a picture of him up on the wall in the kitchen) – and this morning Mona introduced me to him at his stand at ..
…is looking great towards the end of the season, producing butternut squash, tomatoes, and lots of lea..
…and a few reds, are popping up in Emily’s vegetable garden at MacDowell Colony – we get some in our lunch if the hedgehogs don’t get to..
…which were planted in the early spring as a part of the “Something for Everyone” show at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut – are now at their end of Summer peak – and I just had the chance to see them this afternoon during a quick day trip… EDIBLE ESTATE #9: ALDRICH ..
…was lead today by Emily, the amazing MacDowell gardener, who is also an old friend who within the past two years has started a garden of natives around Colony Hall, and a new edible garden (recently invaded by a pesky hedgehog) that provides some fresh produce to our dinner pl..
…seems to be an elaborate and highly staged event every night – lead by the “gastronomic choreographers” Monique and Athena – tonight taking the form of a gorgeous picnic, and last night night supplemented by a crown of wisteria and grape vines for each diner before an evening of sound installations and performances throughout the ..
…opened a few days ago on a rooftop overlooking the construction site of London’s Olympic Park… Bistrotheque‘s Studio East Dining, 16 JUNE – 4 JULY 2010, London’s most amazing rooftop dining experience; Bistrotheque opens a 3 week temporary dining room, and pavilion designed by Carmody Groarke, perched 35m atop Westfield Stratford City’s 1.9 million sq ..
…is what I am calling this season’s kitchen garden which began with mixing up in a container all of the seeds for edibles that I have been collecting for the last few years but not able to plant, and spreading them around generously on the extremely fertile soil, newly covered with a thick layer of ..
…is a super-smart-and-articulate-detail-oriented-science-wizzy-foodie-blog (ie, see today’s post: Sous-Vide and Low Temp Primer Part II: Cooking Without a Vacuum) written in part by my old New Haven friend Dave (famous for having three fry-daddies in college – and now mad scientist food technician at the French Culinary Institute in New York) – and even though most ..
…the sophisticated-but-street cooking & blogging (vegetarian) foodies Evan George and Alex Brown – whom I met when they presented a provocative pickling workshop in one of the geodesic tents pitched at the MAK Center’s Schindler House for the L.A. launch of The Sundown Salon Unfolding Archive – just sent out this message: Friends and food-fiends, ..
…will be joining Will Allen (Growing Power), Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), and myself in a conversation about the possibilities for publicly growing food in the most unlikely of places – on the streets where we live, in the middle of our cities, and in particular, in New York City – at WNYC’s Greene Space ..
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