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acknowledgments

1. the city that feeds me

2. a sweet start to every roman day

3. shopping in the markets of rome

4. please do not eat within ten feet of any monument

5. not one-stop shopping

6. how to order coffee like a roman

7. the leaning tower of artichokes

8. “mi piace la cicoria!”—the roman passion for vegetables

9. how to eat pasta like a roman

10. stocking my pantry

11. bringing home the pancetta

12. eating the whole animal

13. trattoria behavior

14. how to feed a roman dog and raise a roman baby

15. to panino or not to panino? that is the roman question

16. cooking like mama

17. sunday lunch—the best meal of the week

18. rome’s perfect restaurant (at least for me)

19. how to eat gelato like a roman

20. learning to love roman pastries

21. the best time of day

22. counting in italian

23. how to eat pizza like a roman

24. learning to love grappa

25. the eternal city

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also by elizabeth minchilli