Word of the Day – Colomba

Colomba – Not Colombo, the detective wearing the rumpled trench coat, but colomba.  A dove.  And more importantly, the traditional cake served during Pasqua or Easter in the shape of a dove. Generally a cake similar to the Christmas Pannetone, but there are several varieties out there now in various flavors.  I bought mine, as [...]

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Fritelle

There are all sorts of Carnevale (Martedi Grasso) pastries in Italy. I am discovering all kinds of new ones. It is funny because the pastries and sweets which are out now for Carnevale are different than the ones which were out for Christmas.  Fritelle or Fritelle di riso are rice fritters. I saw these in [...]

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Torta di Riso

A delicious rice “cake” – not too sweet.  Apparently a very Tuscan dessert according to Deborah.  We enjoyed it!  The proportion of rice to milk and eggs may seem odd, but don’t change it. The quantities are exactly as they should be. When this Torta is just right, you should have a layer of custard [...]

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Floating on Angel Wings – Cenci

One good thing that comes from being here is discovering all the Italian desserts and pastries.  Christmas and New Year were prime times, as this is when many of the unique cookies and pastries that are reserved only for special holidays come out.  Now, I am not a big dessert eater normally as I don’t [...]

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Lunch and Dessert

November 25th (Wednesday), 2009 Last week, Mick, Helen and I went for a day of shopping and lunch in Sansepolcro. Since it was a Wednesday, the boys have a long day at school until 4:15pm so this makes it convenient, especially since lunches go long. After getting all of our shopping done (I didn’t have [...]

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