cooking

Since we returned from our sea side vacation, Will has been busy cooking, first he made his signature dish, the Polenta and rocket crust tomato basil pie. Made with cherry tomatoes, it is very good and so nice as a starter for dinner. Tonight he made with more tomatoes, a garlic tomato soup, usually served hot but this time he wants to try it cold. I am sure it will be nice, it is far too hot to eat hot soup right now. But the cold soup I really want him to make is the Curried Zucchini soup with buttermilk, absolutely love that recipe. I don't think we can find buttermilk in Italy but I am going to ask at the office if anyone knows what it is called or then we can substitute if need be.

Now all the new colleagues have arrived, summer is almost over. The colleagues are all agog with the city, I tell them wait you'll see. Rome is a little busier this week, but still very quiet, next week school starts and everyone will be back on the same day, magically the roads will choked with traffic and noise, no parking anywhere available, not the good kind of magic. Anyway that is Rome, not the majestic Eternal city of Augustus but the crazy bag lady pushing her cart full of priceless memories.