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Snow day Sunday lunch.
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#italy #piedmont #artichoke #carciofi  (at Bossolasco)

Snow day Sunday lunch.
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#italy #piedmont #artichoke #carciofi (at Bossolasco)

March 18, 2018 by Lisa Minucci
March 18, 2018 /Lisa Minucci
italy, carciofi, artichoke, piedmont
Springtime in Rome means fried artichokes on the plate.
#italy #rome #food #carciofi  (at Piazza Campo Di’ Fiori)

Springtime in Rome means fried artichokes on the plate.
#italy #rome #food #carciofi (at Piazza Campo Di’ Fiori)

April 14, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
April 14, 2017 /Lisa Minucci
italy, rome, food, carciofi
Markets shuttered religiously 
Sunday and Monday,
we lucked into
a small shop
in a neighboring village
selling local vegetables 
verduras
bucking tradition
in a tiny town
in a catholic country.

Rows piled high
with rainbows of spring
primavera;
asp…

Markets shuttered religiously
Sunday and Monday,
we lucked into
a small shop
in a neighboring village
selling local vegetables
verduras
bucking tradition
in a tiny town
in a catholic country.

Rows piled high
with rainbows of spring
primavera;
asparagus, green garlic,
onions, peas,
rapini, radicchio.

The coiffed grocer
offered kindly to
clean the artichokes
of their daggerous thorns;
peligroso she exclaimed,
dangerous.

The dozen returned
wrapped in paper
like roses for a funeral
sheared
shorn
stripped of character,
demanding to be cooked
quickly
the rosebud
the tender young choke
exposed
deflowered.

Oddly saddened,
longing for the beauty
of the whole creature,
vegetable, fish, fowl
or four-legged creature,
for my two hands
to take apart
to break down
allowing time
for reflection
for joy
for gratitude
even amidst
the mess of
bones, blood, thorns.
#italy #piedmont #langhe #carciofi (at Bossolasco)

March 31, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
March 31, 2017 /Lisa Minucci
italy, langhe, carciofi, piedmont
Mind the thorns.
#italy #piedmont #langhe #carciofi #vegetables  (at Strada Romantica delle Langhe e del Roero)

Mind the thorns.
#italy #piedmont #langhe #carciofi #vegetables (at Strada Romantica delle Langhe e del Roero)

March 29, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
March 29, 2017 /Lisa Minucci
carciofi, italy, piedmont, langhe, vegetables
A rainy Saturday morning breakfast of purple artichokes steamed in old white wine and lemon and finished in a maniacally stoked fireplace; eaten with blazing red cheeks and blackened fingertips only occasionally wiped on a frayed and tattered housed…

A rainy Saturday morning breakfast of purple artichokes steamed in old white wine and lemon and finished in a maniacally stoked fireplace; eaten with blazing red cheeks and blackened fingertips only occasionally wiped on a frayed and tattered housedress smelling of wood smoke and garlic.
#eatlikenobodyswatching #italy #piedmont #autumn #artichokes #carciofi (at Bossolasco)

November 05, 2016 by Lisa Minucci
November 05, 2016 /Lisa Minucci
italy, carciofi, artichokes, autumn, eatlikenobodyswatching, piedmont
Artichoke.

Artichoke.

July 06, 2016 by Lisa Minucci
July 06, 2016 /Lisa Minucci
carciofi, california, garden

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