It’s all about the season. We are in the middle of artichoke heaven here, the first #carciofiromaneschi are at the market, and sautéed in oil and wine they are ‘come burro’, like butter. Had a great day yesterday at my first seasonal cooking class for the year. We started at the little market in Monteverde Vecchio and made all the winter Roman classics, above artichokes and puntarelle, broccoli ripassata, ravioli with baby chard and sheeps milk ricotta and two dolce because the group was so on the job. Looking forward to doing more of these, contact me if you are in Rome outside the #markettotablerome schedule and are looking for a friendly group class. Oh, and your oil is amazing @tuscanfarmshop #cooktheseason #freshfromthemarket #lacucinaromana
Today. My first ever lunch at the ‘mensa’, the lunch room at my kids school. I have always been in awe of the Italian school lunch system, what I call ‘gastronomic democracy’ at its finest, feeding every child the same nutritionally balanced meal, sending every little belly home full so if there’s not much for dinner at least fish/meat/ dairy has been eaten at lunch. Sure, like most things, the system isn’t perfect. Sadly the real plates at our school have been replaced by single use (thank god biodegradable), the vegetable course could get some rethinking but, today I saw most plates wiped clean and lots of 10 year old boys going back for more. There was: pasta al pomodoro, roast loin of pork in a light veg Sugo, silver beet, and a kiwi. My boy was eating his meat between two slices of bread, very Aussie. #lamensascolastica #mensa #gastronomicdemocracy #vivalascuolaitaliana #foodforchange
