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Bouquet of Dried Pasta, Rome, Italy
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Rome Reflections

When you visit a city fairly often, you notice things that may not have leapt off the page before.  For sure the dining season is a’changin! It’s not that we don’t love a great steak or burger. We’ve enjoyed fantastic steaks in Italy, grilled over a wood fire, the Italian way. Eating a good burger […]

Blog Post Photo, Romeo Restaurant, Rome, Italy
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The Rome Food Diary, 2015 – Part 4

More adventures of Joe and Phyllis in Roma, enjoying discovering new things and a revisit to one of the first restaurants we ever went to in Rome. La Carbonara 1906 – Via Panisperna, 214 Once upon a time, in 2010, during our very first visit to Rome as we were roaming about in Monti  we […]

Blog Post Photo, Beef Cheeks, Flavio Velavevodotto, Prati, Rome, Italy
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The Rome Food Diary, 2015 – Part 3

Even more Joe and Phyllis eating adventures. Flavio Velavevodoto ai Quiriti – Piazza dei Quiriti, 4/5 – click here for the link. There are two “Temples of Roman Cuisine” (according to their website), one in Prati and one in the neighbourhood of Testaccio. The “room” was comfy, with loads of mirrors and really nice lighting…making […]

Blog Post Photo, Phyllis at Cul de Sac. Rome, Italy
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The Rome Food Diary, 2015 – Part 1

Here’s the first in a series of our experiences at some restaurants we explored on this latest trip to spend time in our beloved Rome. Enoteca Cul de Sac – Piazza Pasquino, 73 – click here for the link. Not far from Piazza Navona and chosen from my list of Enoteche recommendations; so glad we went! […]

Blog Post Photo, Lunch Pigneto, Rome, Italy
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Our Visit To Pigneto

On a gorgeous, sunny morning we decided to visit the Vatican. No tickets, no plans on going in but who knows? It was a few days after Easter and when we got to St. Peter’s Square, it was jammed. So, we sat at the base of a column looking at all the statues, and other […]