Browsing by Category: Pork

Yesterday I took the bus from Rome to Matera. Well, two buses, actually. Somewhere on the Campania-Puglia border, the first bus stopped at a gas station and passengers headed to Cerignola, Altamura and Matera were told to get out, collect our (more…)

Gilles Verot is a Parisian charcutier that known the world over for his hams, terrines, salamis, and head cheese. At yesterday’s lunch at Bar Boulud, I started with a gorgeous mixed platter of charcuterie accompanied by pickles, mustard (more…)

BDGB’s “Frenchie” burger has migrated from NYC to London.

London is one of the best places in Europe to eat a great burger. I should know. I have been maniacally searching for amazing beef patties on this side of the Atlantic since here from America’s burger capital seven years ago. In (more…)

I had a great meal at Al Pompiere in Piazza Cenci in Rome on Saturday. The place was packed for Primo Maggio and the wait for our food seemed interminable, but it was worth it. The spaghetti alla carbonara was excellent: the pasta was perfectly (more…)

Yes, you read the heading correctly. That is a crispy pig stuffed with rich and fatty foie gras. Never has anything so wrong tasted so right. This very unfortunate looking piggy was sprawled out on a wooden slab on Roscioli’s counter today (the Via dei (more…)