Carbs Archive

Thick homemade noodles with a gamey hare sauce at La Campana in Rome.

I have just returned from London where I shamelessly gorged myself on all sorts of delicious and magical foods. I certainly didn’t achieve all of my culinary goals, but I did put a good dent into my interminable list of places to eat before I die (more…)

Technically called “New Tayyabs”, you can call this famous (and justifiably so) Pakistani restaurant in East London just plain Tayyabs. The “new” bit refers to its expansion from its original 1974 dimensions. Regardless of the added (more…)

What is better than pizza? Fried pizza. In Naples, you can grab one of these portable personal pies from the frigitorie (fried food stalls) around town. Via Pignasecca and Via dei Tribunali are two famous destinations for such treats. I Decumani (more…)

I fancy myself somewhat of a pizza expert. I live in Rome and spend lots of time in Naples, so I eat an insane number of pies and spend a lot of time thinking, writing, and talking about pizza. Some days l eat it at breakfast, lunch, and dinner (more…)

My love of ricotta in all its sweet forms is no secret. I couldn’t turn down a cassata, crostata, or cannolo to save my life. My obsession with lo sfinge is no less intense. And while many are busy avoiding such things for Lent, I’m eating (more…)

The only way I learn about a restaurant’s riposo settimanale is the hard way. On Wednesday night, I planned on having a pizza at Ai Marmi with friends. It was closed so we decided on Dar Poeta instead. This Trastevere institution has (more…)

On Tuesday night I had one of the best pizza margheritas of my life. This is a weighty statement, as when I am in Rome, I eat at least three per week at the city’s best pizzerias. The pizza margherita at Da Remo in Testaccio (more…)

Weekends and holiday can be hectic nights out in Rome. Even at the finer restaurants, the elevated number of covers on the books doesn’t necessarily mean there will be additional help on the floor, orders can get mixed up (more…)

I have made a couple of trips to the newly reopened and much improved Taverna dei Fori Imperiali in the past week. On the first visit, I took advantage of it being artichoke season and had ravioli with artichokes. But that is only because my (more…)