The art of eating and living well in Rome
The sun is shining and people are out enjoying the day. As I pass under a stone arch, I notice a girl with delicate flowers woven into her hair. It catches my attention because it’s something I never see. I don’t consider the synchronicity of it until a while later when Sebastian is explaining to […]
This June, as the summer blockbuster season begins, Francesco Cinquemani’s action thriller, Andron: The Black Labyrinth will be arriving at theaters in America. The cast includes notable figures such as Alec Baldwin, Skin (singer of Skunk Anansie), and Clara Pasieka who recently appeared in David Cronenberg’s film, Maps to the Stars. Whenever I think […]
“The philosophy of the business is to give you a full culinary experience of what Indian cuisine is… I’m proud to say we’re very authentic.” Rome spoils us with its multitude of delicious foods to devour. Tourists delight in trying cacio e pepe or carciofi alla romana for the first time. Those of us who stay […]
“We are the Ferrari of leather jackets.” Soon after I enter the Puntopelle showroom, it becomes clear that Sefa Sezgin and Tiziana Perso are very proud of the unique business they’ve created. Originally I had assumed I would be interviewing the owners of a clothing store that sells high-end leather jackets, but that’s not really […]
My first encounter with Alberto Di Fabio is at a house warming party in a beautiful apartment overlooking the ancient chariot-racing venue of Circo Massimo. People are talking, lounging on couches, and sipping wine. I look over and see that two people have decided to turn the living room into a dance floor. One of […]
Small colored plates glide into view, bringing with them carefully created rounds of sushi and sashimi; ruby red slices of tuna with a Turkish delight-like firmness, rolls coated in black and white sesame seeds and oblongs of white rice with snug salmon blankets. Before I can make my decision, the steady speed of the conveyor […]
Gaetano describes his food as, “Contemporary, not too modern or too classical.” I step out of the metro station into Piazza Euclide, named either for the Greek philosopher or, more famously, the father of geometry. Thinking about this leads me to wonder if there were any right angles at all in the train that carried […]
In the past few years, we have witnessed an extraordinary evolution of the world of food. Originally chefs excelled at and we enjoyed “Traditional Cuisine”; like Thai or Italian. But now we enjoy a real diversity that we would never have believed possible. It all started around the 1970s, thanks to Wolfgang Puck, among others, […]
As a young man, Barakat and his two brothers worked in their father’s cafe & deli back in Lebanon. Now he is sitting across the table from me in his own establishment in Rome. “Have you tried Arak?” My face answers his question and he signals a waiter who brings me a glass of something […]
The Chinese New Year has always been an interesting, yet far away festivity; as Paolo Gorrieri (Manager Chinese Culinary Institute) stated, ”Their New Year is more like our Christmas.” Since it is so far away, the holiday is celebrated in most ethnically diverse cities around the world. Italy, having always been considered a country […]