The Food Club

Here’s my lovely friend, Hsin-Yi, modeling a treat we tried. I can only describe these as milk sticks. Sweet and crunchy milk sticks.

By far my favorite food was these cookies with cut up purple flowers. They tasted like flower perfume in your mouth, which sounds weird, but is so delicious. Every morning, we would run to the local bakery to get some for breakfast. I’ve never tasted anything like this in my life.

Pretty!

The thing to definitely eat is Cacio e Pepe.   We couldn’t figure out a good bus to take there, so Sam and I walked for a couple of hours across Rome to find it.  This simple meal is just pasta with black pepper, pecorino cheese, and olive oil.  It tastes so buttery, but there isn’t any butter in it.  When I asked what gave it this taste, I was told that the fat from the cheese and the olive oil melt to make “glorious lipids.”  I agree that the taste certainly is glorious.