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Healthy but hearty: where to eat in Rome

Our favourite spots in Rome for eating healthy. Healthy food guide of Rome.

Dolce Vita on a Diet

A list of alternatives dishes for those who want a life that is dolce, yet with healthy skin, lots of energy, no carb coma.

The Geek Who Went Glam

I’m writing to you from humid mango-scented Mauritius this month where I’m shooting an international TV commercial for the island’s tourism board. It sounded like a dream when they called me, shivering, ladling minestrone and luxuriating in self-pity after being caught in the January pioggia. The commercial’s director wanted Patrick (my co-star on our Nat […]

Monti, Rome’s Centre of Eternity/Modernity

Books for Italophiles: review of the book Evicted from Eternity by Michael Herzford of Harvard University.

How to make Olive Ascolane

The recipe of Olive Ascolane, originally from Ascoli Piceno (Marche) but now on pizzeria and trattoria menus in Italy.

Che Bel Blog!!

Romeing's Pick of Best Blogs on Rome

What to Cook an Italian Lover

Whenever I cook for a boy I’d like to kiss here in Italy I have a minor panic attack I feel very much at home in the kitchen. I always find myself glazed over, gazing at an oven or a chopping board, excited and full of hope – as though epic and beautiful things were […]

How to Make Cappelletti in Brodo di Natale

The recipe of Cappelletti in Brodo, an idea for Christmas Lunch.

How to Make Tiramisù at Home

How to make tiramisù, a classic Italian dessert.

Milano, You Shouldn’t Have

I’ve just had one of the best weekends of my life. Outside the air is chilly. I’m sitting here on a Monday morning in a black dress and stilettos feasting on the most decadent breakfast you can imagine in the sensual low light of the Bulgari Hotel in Milan. Through two storeys of glass I […]