right now, markets across the city are humming with the sound of people hacking away at rome s favourite vegetable. so show me the artichokes. as i ve been finding out, with roman food, you sometimes have to dig a little to get to the good stuff. so this is for the carciofi ro. allah romana or allah giudia. once trimmed, they can be deep fried to make one of my all-time favourite roman foods. carciofi alla giudia - jewish fried artichokes. you know my grandmother and my mother would make these. ask anyone here and they ll tell you that this weird looking vegetable is a definitive roman food. thank you so much. bye-bye. chao, chao.