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Mi Amore Cannolo
PIN IT As I travel around Italy I would love to find the best cannoli on the street! We made Italian street food in class and I was thrilled to make the cannoli, a task I did not want to pass up. This delicacy is mostly found out on the streets of Sicily, the place…
Mocha Latte
PIN IT I find myself at a cafe or bakery every weekend ordering a decaf espresso latte. They are my absolute favorite beverage loaded with steamy milk. I don’t typically order mocha lattes because they’re never quite as I imagine them to be. Basically I want drinking chocolate with a latte splash. So here’s my…
Melanzana: The Unhealthy Apple
PIN IT The Sicilians were first to lay their hands on the eggplant in Italy. They are called dangerous by their name mela- apple and inzana- unhealthy. Since they are a nightshade veggie just as tomatoes and potatoes are, and they have harmful side effects eaten raw. They don’t taste great raw anyways so why…
Culatello & then some
PIN IT PIN IT CULATELLO There’s an eerie feeling walking into a salumi dungeon. The smell of ammonium almost suffocating as the mold spores from the exterior soil wraps the culatello (think of it like terroir). They hang from the ceiling and taper down on chains waiting to be plucked for service. It’s a raw…
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Midday Tea And Afternoon Lasagna
PIN IT What is there to do here on the weekends? Watch the cat pounce around the courtyard, bike to the Saturday market, buy a pasticiotto from La Cometa in the center of town, enjoy leftovers from the week and drink tea while doing homework. Yes, although we are enjoying our stay in…