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February 24, 2006
Roma! Gelato!
Amy Welborn is off to Rome for the first time!
I forgot to recommend a gelateria until just now - not that you can go tragically wrong in Rome, so long as you don't eat Blue Ice - but here's my STRONG recommendation:
My best Roman friend sent me to a place on the Via della Seggiola (it's the street that runs beside a high courts building) a block short of the Tiber. It's about 4 blocks down the Via Arenula from the Largo Sacra Agentina (a major bus/tram intersection). Walk down the Via Arenula, turn right on the Via della Seggiola, and the ONLY gelato place (whose name is escaping me) is AMAZING.
The owner is past president of the national association of those who make gelato by hand (associazione del gelato artigionale - a sign worth looking for on ANY gelato place!).
My favorite flavor is rice ("riso"). Since Italians think anyone who eats a single flavor at one serving is a barbarian, let me suggest rice in combination with almost any pale fruit (banana or pineapple) and a chocolate varietal.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at February 24, 2006 8:44 AM