It’s peak citrus season, and the sun is bright again in the Roman sky and very slowly, the chill of the last weeks is subsiding into what is undoubtedly the beginning of spring.
Orange and fennel salad. It’s an Italian classic (with roots in Sicily), yet I’ve come love the versions with a twist much better (for example, no black olives for me, thank you very much). Yesterday @alice.adamscarosi made one such salad, properly seasoned, with thinly sliced fennels and shallots first rested in vinegar, with the addition of those pretty leaves that I'm so fond of; a lovechild of radicchio and lettuce — I believe.
I had been following Alice around as she shopped for fresh produce, bread and fish in the surprisingly charming San Giovanni di Dio market in Monte Verde Nuovo. It’s very close to Latteria studio.
Here are some snaps of of the market, Alice, and her nice salad at Latteria Studio.
P.S. announcing new cooking classes in this space super soon via the newsletter.
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