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It is rare that I actually crave a salad, but now and again my body just demands some detox food and Aromaticus, an urban farming shop and cafe, which opened in Monti in December, is just the place to get it. The place specializes in aromatic salads that incorporate organic field greens, herbs, nuts and dried fruits and Tuesday-Saturday (more…)

It’s weeks like this that I am glad I don’t have a doctor’s appointment looming on the horizon. A routine cholesterol check would certainly turn up lethal levels brought on by obsessive offal consumption. But what can I do? It’s baby goat and lamb season and I couldn’t possibly squander the precious springtime slaughter. While most people (more…)

Like most food-obsessed people, I surround myself with enablers equally hungry friends. I am extraordinarily lucky to have lovely friends in Istanbul like Şemsa and Tuba who share my slavish devotion to dining and are seriously in the culinary know. When I’m not around, they go galavanting together to discover the best food (more…)

Easter Sunday and Monday are just one week away and if you haven’t already made dining arrangements, do so ASAP. Here is a round-up of places I recommend for the holidays (or any other time, really) (more…)

If it’s too early for fresh peas, don’t serve peas at all!

The area around the Roman Forum is packed with great wine bars–Bibenda, Cavour 313, La Barrique, and Al Vino Al Vino, to name a few. But only one, Enoteca Provincia Romana, has prime real estate beside the second century Column of Trajan and national calamity monument the Vittoriano. Since opening in 2010, EPR (more…)