Gourmet Italian

Tiramisu has become an Italian dessert that is enormously popular everywhere. Tokyo’s elite considered serving this to be a status symbol. It first was introduced to the United States via Maimi and San Francisco.

photo credit: silas216 Palermo, the capital of Sicily, is the birthplace of the one of the most famous Italian Dessert recipes – the fabulous cannoli.  Way back when, wealthy people would make a gift of cannoli to their friends at the time of their annual carnival.  Cannoli is actually the plural of cannolo.  You don’t [...]

photo credit: Mark and Allegra Well here it is December already!  Are you thinking of making some Italian food gifts for the holidays?  Why not consider the lovely, fruity Panettone – Italian Christmas Bread.  Tradition has it that if you sip a bit of sparkling wine while having a piece of Panettone, you will be [...]

photo credit: stu_spivack Zabaglione is a wonderful Italian dessert that is rich and custardy and has a taste of “spirits”.  There does not seem to be a consensus of opinion about the origin of this dish.  Some say Florence, some say Venice, but most agree it came about some time in the 1500′s.  The original [...]

photo credit: Ash-rly Italian desserts are ALL wonderful, but the cool, silky, melt-in-your-mouth Gelato is in a class by itself.  Gelato actually IS an art form!  The technique was actually perfected by a Sicilian in Paris back in the 1600′s. So what is the difference between ice cream and gelato?  One difference is that gelati [...]