Entries from October 2007

Frutta Martorana – Marzipan and other Sicilian Pastry Porn

October 3rd, 2007 · 24 Comments

Update: We really didn’t plan this…Shelley from At Home in Rome is talking about Sicilian-Swiss pastries (and frutta martorana) today on her blog, too! After I stopped salivating over the Setteveli cake at the Pasticceria Cappello, I noticed that they indeed sold other things in the pasticceria other than the setteveli. Many, many, salivation-worthy creations. [...]

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Tags: Behind the Scenes · Discovering Food · Food · Italy · Sicily

La Torta Setteveli “Seven Veils” Cake

October 1st, 2007 · 21 Comments

While I’m writing this, my hands are shaking and my heart is racing because it’s a damned-if-you-do, and you’re damned-if-you-don’t. It’s so incredibly good that I can’t keep it all to myself, but I feel that if even one more person knows about it, I will have to compete with them for its limited supply. [...]

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Tags: Chocolate · Discovering Food · Food · Italy · Sicily