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Showing posts with label gelato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gelato. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Venetian masks don't do it for me - too glitzy...
But last day in Venice I discovered these marbleized silk masks and flipped.
Venice is a key center for paper arts... 
And marbleized paper/carta marmorizzata is their specialty.
I took a class in marblizing at the Book Center and it is hard. I can't begin to imagine how you do this to fine silk fabric..?
Marbleizing was revived in Veniceduring the 1970s. The sheets are made by hand and each is unique. Why not don your marbleized mask and write some old fashioned snail mail on these perfect note cards..?
You'll find a 'marbleized' pen in the same shop...
The ink is NOT marbleized but the hand-blown glass ink well comes from Murano...
All these treasures are at the 1851 paper shop, Antica Legatoria Piazzi in San Marco...
Fortunately just a few steps away you can...
Indulge yourself in marbleized gelato, Stracciatella...
Well hurry up/andiamo!
Your gondola is waiting!BUON GIORNO MARBLEIZED VENICE!
Monday, April 25, 2011
When the #1 vaporetto lets you off at the San Marco stop...
You are forced to walk down alleyways lined with deluxe shops...
"Name, names, names Sweetie-Darling"
Missoni, Pucci, Cavalli...
Bottega Veneto...
You instantly feel the pinch in your purse...
These diamond-encrusted shoes do not have your name on them....
Not mine anyway.
Italianos or touristas? What's your guess?
This is why I suggest don't bother with the 3 euro cioccolata...
And ante up 9 euros at Caffe Florian. At least here you can feel like a principessa...
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Let's pretend we're in Venice for Easter...
Let's amble along a canal...
Let's buy a pink quill pen and write a love letter to Byron or Shelley...
Whilst drinking a Campari spritz in a cafe...
You could think about all the Murano glass you didn't buy...
And forget the rather unspectacular pizza you did buy. These guys should come to New York - they throw a thin stripe of red sauce around the edges. What's up with that?
Nevermind. The views ARE spectacular.
And the gelato NEVER disappoints.
New York gelato joints could catch a few lessons here.
Shall we catch a Vivaldi concert in some old church? It's required listening...
What about the Easter eggs/uova di cioccolata all covered in crepe paper and ribbons? Paris would not approve. They like to SEE their chocolate.
I guess it's pommes and blood oranges...
Happy Easter from Venice!(I'm in Astoria by the way...)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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Nor did I find French style macarons...well not exactly. 
You'd think I'd be content with all the Tiramisu floating around Venice but my tastebuds are not creamy-inclined... 
These giant hazelnut-smothered cookies looked lethal to me, perhaps even weapon-like..? 
A massive meringue cake filled with vanilla cream with more cream on the side to drap over it - no way! 
In a pinch, one could settle for the ropes and ropes of liquirizia/liqurice lining the calle/streets of Venice... 
In desperation, I bought a Venetian guidebook to help me find local pastries - there are at least 22 listed: balcoli, bussolai ciosotri, castagnole, colombina, crema frita, curasan etc., etc. 
Rosa Salva is one of Venice's oldest, most revered pasticcerias in sestiere San Marco, 951, Calle Fiubera. It's a cafe as well so you can stop in for a coffee with your cantucci... 
But I was not tempted... 
At last I broke down and gobbled an unpronouncable sfogliatelle - a Naples specialty. Maybe I sucumbed because these are in my neighborhood in Astoria? And maybe because these are crispy?
Look! Little Nutella tartelettes. What's wrong with these you ask? Are you saying to yourselves, "picky...picky?"
All from pasticceria Toletta in sestiere Dorsodura, 1192, calle della Toletta, mentioned in the guide...
As a so-called Paris pastry (painter)expert have I been ruined for the treats of the rest of the planet? I think I have.
I do love Italian Macedonia de fruita (basically an improved version of our 'fruitcup').
And there's ALWAYS gelato for dessert. No wonder I was reduced to going on The Gelato Dieta in Venice.
And there ARE plenty of dogs in Venice (more to come on them). So what's YOUR favorite Venetian dessert? Do tell all PBers!!
I did find mini macarons at Toletta my last day in Venice...
By then I'd given up hope and missed out tasting them. They're cleverly sitting in little caissette plissee/paper cups and the cream filling inside is decoratively squiggled. At least I got this photo in passing... I'll just have to return to Venice to taste them. c'est la vie.
You'd think I'd be content with all the Tiramisu floating around Venice but my tastebuds are not creamy-inclined... 
These giant hazelnut-smothered cookies looked lethal to me, perhaps even weapon-like..? 
A massive meringue cake filled with vanilla cream with more cream on the side to drap over it - no way! 
In a pinch, one could settle for the ropes and ropes of liquirizia/liqurice lining the calle/streets of Venice... 
In desperation, I bought a Venetian guidebook to help me find local pastries - there are at least 22 listed: balcoli, bussolai ciosotri, castagnole, colombina, crema frita, curasan etc., etc. Rosa Salva is one of Venice's oldest, most revered pasticcerias in sestiere San Marco, 951, Calle Fiubera. It's a cafe as well so you can stop in for a coffee with your cantucci... 
But I was not tempted... 
At last I broke down and gobbled an unpronouncable sfogliatelle - a Naples specialty. Maybe I sucumbed because these are in my neighborhood in Astoria? And maybe because these are crispy? 
Look! Little Nutella tartelettes. What's wrong with these you ask? Are you saying to yourselves, "picky...picky?" 
All from pasticceria Toletta in sestiere Dorsodura, 1192, calle della Toletta, mentioned in the guide... 
As a so-called Paris pastry (painter)expert have I been ruined for the treats of the rest of the planet? I think I have. 
I do love Italian Macedonia de fruita (basically an improved version of our 'fruitcup'). 
And there's ALWAYS gelato for dessert. No wonder I was reduced to going on The Gelato Dieta in Venice. 
And there ARE plenty of dogs in Venice (more to come on them). So what's YOUR favorite Venetian dessert? Do tell all PBers!! 
I did find mini macarons at Toletta my last day in Venice... 
By then I'd given up hope and missed out tasting them. They're cleverly sitting in little caissette plissee/paper cups and the cream filling inside is decoratively squiggled. At least I got this photo in passing... I'll just have to return to Venice to taste them. c'est la vie.BUON GIORNO MACARONS IN VENEZIA
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