I have been waylaid at home this rainy week with a bad knee with a couple of stitches. I have had a lot of time, needless to say, to think about what I love about my adoptive home town: Rome. Let’s start first with Fernet Branca, which I had just finished drinking in the picture above, which is widely available just like in San Francisco! Second: classic dive bars with long leases, such as San Calisto (pictured), a affordable hangout in Trastevere for much of Rome for decades.

The management is now providing guests with actual glass glasses after a period of suspension when only plastic was used because of clients’ propensity to brawl in the piazza outside.

Three: Puntarelle (pictured above) is a seasonal chicory served for only a handful of months in Rome. The crunchy, fresh greens are dressed in an anchovy sauce.

Cin Cin,
Liza the Wine Chick