Ciao amici,
Welcome to my August paid newsletter and thankyou very much for being here - it really means so much that you value my work and hearing from me.
I’m writing to you from a once-again sweltering Rome. Just when I thought we were easing back into manageable temperatures, it’s going to be 39C/102F on Monday! We have some friends coming to stay next week so it may prove to be a bit of a challenge leaving the house. The best thing to do in Rome when the weather is like this is to get up early (say 6/7am) and go for a walk before bunkering back in the house from around 9/10am when it starts to get hot. Or, to go for a midnight walk!
Things have been pretty boring in Rome this month. Traditionally, it’s when all the locals close up shop and go on holidays and I don’t recommend visiting, especially during the week of Ferragosto (15th August) if you can avoid it. Luckily for us, a few things are starting to open up again next week including one of my favorite restaurants nearby (Trattoria Pennestri).
The best things we ate in Piedmont this month
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen that we made it back to Piedmont for a few days at the start of the month! It was my Piemontese partner Andrea’s first time back home since we moved to Rome and well-overdue. Besides seeing family and many beloved friends, the next best thing was all the delicious food we ate there.
Piedmont would have to be one of my absolute favourite regions for food (and my #1 for wine!) I’ve written pretty extensively on food in Piedmont on my blog but I wanted to let you in on a super local trattoria about a 30 minute drive out of town. It’s the kind of place you go for an unpretentious lunch with friends. Where you can indulge in all the Piemontese classic dishes like vitello tonnato, insalata russa, carne cruda and a ton more. Where you can eat pizza with lard and freshly shaved black truffles over the top and the bill will come to around 20-30 euros a head. It’s actually the restaurant where Andrea used to work while he was finishing his university degree.
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