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November (and December) Book Tour for Roman Roulette: Murder in the Catacombs, A Daria Vinci Investigation

I’m looking forward to seeing you at one of our No Cal or So Cal book events in November, our virtual event on Nov. 1…

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FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Your Daily Delight: E. Volpetti & Co.

  FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Your Daily Delight: E. Volpetti & Co. on Via Marmorata in the Testaccio neighborhood   Rome, the…

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FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Daily Delight 3# Settimo Gelo Ice Cream

  From the intro: Rome, the best food city in Italy? Maybe. One thing’s for sure: Rome ranks high among Italy’s great food cities. It…

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FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Daily Delight #2, Caffè Sant’Eustachio

Rome, the best food city in Italy? Maybe. One thing’s for sure: Rome ranks high among Italy’s great food cities. It is an obscenely rich…

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FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Daily Delight #1 Roscioli

This is the first in an occasional series of sample excerpts from Food Wine Rome the app.   Rome, the best food city in Italy?…

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David Downie’s Food Wine Rome app is now available via iTunes

  At long last… my Food Wine Rome is ready! Based on the award-winning, critically acclaimed short history of Rome's foods and wines, with hundreds…

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When in Rome… Drink as the Romans Do: 3 real wine bars

Wine bars in Rome? No, not the trendy, fancy-dancy wine bars that the big glossy corporate magazines promote. Well, only one of the three I…

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Matthew Monteith Photographs in NYC: Mirrors

The most intriguing and appealing art show we saw when in New York last week was a series of photos of mirrors by young American…

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Food Wine Rome

April in… Paris and Rome. Paris for thrills (as in Paris City of Night) and chills (the weather). Rome for fabulous food and wine. This…

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