Monthly Archives: February 2009

il caffe di Sant’Eustachio

Widely claimed to be the best coffee in the world. Is it?….. who really knows, but good it certainly is. The cafe in a small Roman piazza, where locals fight for bar space to enjoy their minute or so of … Continue reading

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Bottarga

Dried and salted tuna or mullet roe. This is what bottarga is… nothing fun to look at but a whole other story to taste.  It’s a typical ingredient from Sardinia, the huge Italian island famous for the colour of its … Continue reading

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Eataly NYC

Here it comes… Finally a location has been agreed after the original 48th street proposal fell through for the Turin culinary monolith, Eataly. According to a NY Times article, the new 60,000 square feet location is somewhere between Union and … Continue reading

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