Food & Dining
Cantinetta delle Terme, Florence: A Top-Five Meal of Our Travels
Cantinetta delle Terme in Florence, $185 for a family of 4, possibly a top-five meal of our travels. Octopus, tiramisu…
Category: Italy
Where we actually ate in Italy. Rome trattorias, Florence steak houses, Venice cicchetti, and the surprise meals near Lido di Ostia where the family stayed for a few quiet beach days. The Italy food reviews focus on the meals that earned their place in the memory of the trip, not every restaurant we walked past. Each post names the dishes, the prices, and whether we would tell a friend to book ahead or just walk in.
Food & Dining
Food & Dining
Steakhouse Da Aldone, Florence: The Bistecca alla Fiorentina Ceremony
Bistecca alla Fiorentina at Steakhouse Da Aldone, Florence. $181 family of 4. Three cuts to choose from, tableside raw presentation,…
Food & Dining
Ristorante Ad Hoc, Rome: The Truffle Tasting Menu Worth the Upcharge
Ristorante Ad Hoc on Via di Ripetta, Rome. $208 family of 4 for a 3-hour truffle tasting menu. The rigatoni…
Food & Dining
Bistrot de Venise: The $332 Night We Ate Sixteenth-Century Venice
Bistrot de Venise, San Marco. $332 family of 4 tasting menu featuring historical Venetian recipes from Bartolomeo Scappi's 1500s cookbook.…
Food & Dining
Vini da Arturo, Venice: The Phil Rosenthal Place, Love It or Hate It
Vini da Arturo in Venice's San Marco. The Somebody Feed Phil pick. 10 tables, cash only, no seafood, pork chop…
Food & Dining
Italy With a Family of Four, the Meals Worth the Money (and Three We Would Skip)
Italy with a family of four, 13 days, $54 per person per day on food. Three meals worth the money,…