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Absurdly torrential rain over Rome today meant @tr Absurdly torrential rain over Rome today meant @trattoriapigneto wasn’t open this evening. But Irene had made gnocchi so Max picked them up uncooked with a tub of sugo and I boiled them at home. A Roman ready meal. Musical accompaniment: Travelling Wilburys vol I, Fabrizio de André, Modena City Ramblers. #giovedignocchi
Just look at it! @parcocolosseo Just look at it! @parcocolosseo
I went to Ugo the excellent and charming butcher a I went to Ugo the excellent and charming butcher and asked for “bollito per due”, and he threw in a couple of freebie bones to add to the stock (bay leaves “foraged” from Villa Borghese). I served the brodo, messily but deliciously, with the last of the torta imperiale (a Parmesan heavy cake from @lesfogline which @maxplatini had sliced up presciently and put in the freezer), and then bollito with salsa verde (parsley, caper berries, anchovies, garlic, vinegar, and very good olive oil) and mashed potatoes. Plus a fizzy Barbera from @enotecadiviamacerata for a festive Tuesday night. Musical accompaniment from Pet Sounds and Sondheim. We’re nothing if not eclectic.
The boating lake at Villa Borghese on the last day The boating lake at Villa Borghese on the last day of November, 2021.
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