The Fuzzy Chef & Friends

A day of Roman Food

Sunday, December 6. 2009

If you are going to visit Rome for 5 days or more (and I recommend that you do, otherwise you'll feel like you missed everything) renting an apartment is a better way to go than staying in a hotel. Not only is it larger, cheaper and safer (hotel room burglaries are common in Rome), but it gives you the opportunity to cook your own Roman food with the delicious ingredients at the many markets.

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Shopping in the Campo di Fiori

Thursday, December 3. 2009

Since we just saw the produce of Israel, it's time for some produce of Rome! The markets of Rome have been well-known, and popular since ancient times. Above is a fresco from the Vatican Collection, either depicting plenty or marking the location of a public market.

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Shop at the Shuk

Tuesday, December 1. 2009

For serious grocery shopping in Jerusalem, there's only one place to go: the shuk. Specifically, I'm talking about the Mahane Yehuda Market in the New City, where you can pretty much buy any kind of Israeli food there is, either in raw ingredient or in takeaway lunch form.

Mahane Yehuda is as large as the Mercado Central in Sao Paulo, taking up about 5 blocks of alleys. Unlike the Mercado Central, though, it's not covered, but that's not as much of a concern in Jerusalem as it is in rainy Brazil. As you can see, on a Sunday afternoon it's packed with shoppers (Sunday is a weekday in Israel).

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Bowl of Green

Sunday, September 20. 2009

This is for the folks at Tazz's chili cookoff ... and for Frank. A New Mexico "bowl of green" has always appealed to me, except for the pork. This is my vegetarian version, with a holy trinity of Southwestern vegetables, only mildly spicy to appeal to as broad an audience as possible.

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Mediterranean Food: September in the Bay Area

Sunday, September 13. 2009

September brings us a double play in delicious Mediterranean food. The Armenian Food Festival is next weekend, September 18-20, at St. Gregory's Armenian Church on Brotherhood Way. The following weekend, the Annunciation Cathedral on Valencia is having its annual Greek Food Festival. Mmmmm ... delicious filo pastry. See you there!

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