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Author Archives: Rhona
Return to Mosaiko
I was worried when the website for Ristorante Mosaiko dropped off the virtual map, but the place itself is still three dimensional, and chef Davide di Dio assured me that the website was only being redesigned, and would return one … Continue reading
Croce di Malta
Yesterday’s lunch was a delight, in the clean bright and delicious world of Croce di Malta in central Parma. I’d had a wretched supper the night before, ill-advisedly following an internet recommendation of Trattoria Corrieri, a place I’d passed a … Continue reading
Springtime in Parma
Back in my old stomping grounds for a few days. The Torrente Parma looking respectably damp; the blob at lower centre/left is a nutria! Somebody waits for you… But what I was waiting for was a K2 conetto flower… Looks … Continue reading
Lucky old me
I got to realise a long-deferred wish on Saturday, and visited Cyrus Todiwala’s Cafe Spice Namaste to check out some Parsee cuisine. I read elsewhere that the Parsees are shrinking in number, because their religion, Zoroastrianism, prohibits intermarriage and conversion; … Continue reading
Liking London
week or so ago I attended a reading by Ekstasis authors, in celebration of the Pacific Rim Review of Books. Richard Olafson introduces… Among others, our excellent Saskatchewanian Glen Sorestad read, and so did the wondrous Yvonne Blomer. I’m enjoying … Continue reading