SuRu’s Blog
A treasure trove of great information on a wide range of topics. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, you’ll get hungry reading about delicious food. Lots of great stories from the adventures of the Rubin Rodeo along with plenty of recipes and strategies for better health.
30 Soups in 30 Days: Magical Miso Onion Soup
Miso soup is easy to make and so so good for you. Try this onion miso soup when you’re feeling like you might be coming down with a cold. Food = medicine.
November: 30 Soups in 30 Days
I’m challenging myself to make 30 soups in 30 days for the month of November. Soup #1 is Curried Squash Soup.
Farinata
One of my favorite meals in Torino during Terra Madre 2010 was an impromptu trip to a local pizza joint known for its farinata.
Green Drink: Matcha Tea
Based on the blog posts I've been writing about coffee in Italy, you might be surprised to learnt that I'm really not a coffee drinker. I detoxed myself off of coffee back at the turn of the century (1999) and only drink it on rare occasions when I'm driving long...
Cioccolata Calda
One afternoon while sipping my cappuccino at a nearby cafe, a delegate from Vermont introduced me to an amazing Italian drink: Cioccolata Calda. The translation is hot chocolate but it is nothing like the watery kind we drink in the US. Hot chocolate in Italy and...
Back to the USA
After spending 10 days far away in a country that really knows how to do food right, I've headed back home. A 4am cab ride to the Torino airport in which I took a short flight to Rome airport. At the Rome airport, I thought it was time to have my last cappuccino in...
Eating Adventurously
Thirteen is a tough age. You're no longer a little kid, but you're not yet an adult either. We took our youngest daughter, thirteen, along with us on our Italy trip for a couple of reasons. One- to show her there is a big big world out there beyond suburban NY. Two-...
Slow Cappuccino
After trying my best to sleep on the long flight from NY, I knew I'd need some caffeine for the last leg of the trip to Rome. I stopped on my way to my connecting flight at the Milan airport for a quick cappuccino. Unlike every other airport I've been to before,...
Picky Eaters and Labelling
I recently became involved in an interesting online conversation about the word "picky eater" with some mommy bloggers. Christina Le Beau who has a blog, SpoonFed. wrote a recent post that makes the argument that labeling kids becomes a crutch for parents and sets...
Carlo Petrini: The Father of Slow Food
Once upon a time in the late 1980's a man named Carlo Petrini organized a bold and powerful campaign against McDonalds. The fast food chain was planning to open a branch of the golden arches near the Spanish steps in Rome. Carlo and his pals brandished bowls of penne...
