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Cooking Books -> Snacks
Desserts and Sweet Snacks: Rustic, Italian Style
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by:
La Place, Viana
Jones, Deborah
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Publisher:
Morrow Cookbooks
Published: June 1998
ISBN: 0688141390
Format:Hardcover
Pages:144
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Book Description
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Italians, it is often said, are healthy in part because they finish meals with a piece of fresh fruit rather than a rich dessert. In fact, the Italians have a fierce sweet tooth. They make plenty of desserts at home and frequent local
pasticcerie (pastry shops) regularly. They do, however, usually enjoy these sweets as afternoon snacks, as treats on special occasions, or when received as gifts
In Desserts and Sweet Snacks, Viana La Place concentrates on the simplest homemade
desserts. Some of them barely involve a recipe. She suggests placing on the table an ice-filled bowl containing whole fruits, for example. If this seems too minimal to qualify as dessert, just read the passage describing the end-of-meal ritual of
selecting and peeling a piece of fruit, and then leisurely eating it, savoring the aromas, succulence, and ripe sweetness.
When you must have something more elaborate, La Place offers peach halves stuffed with crumbled amaretti and baked or
espresso, lightly gelled and topped with a dollop of whipped cream.
Baked desserts include a dense, nut-studded Italian Rice Cake and Hazelnut and Lemon Meringues. But La Place really proves how less can be more: it's as simple as finding ripe
fruit and embellishing it with liqueur or some other simple flourish. --Dana Jacobi
From Publishers Weekly
It's come to this?apparently Italians even snack better than anyone else. Not content to rip open a bag of chips, they spread sauteed
apples and apricot jam on toasted bread or munch on rustic bread and bittersweet chocolate to satisfy their cravings (so do the French, but it sounds more fun in Italian). Riding the wave of enthusiasm for all things Italian, La Place (Panini,
Bruschetta, Crostini; An Unplugged Kitchen) has put together this bite-sized collection of rustic sweets inspired by home... read more
Book Description
Home-style, elegant, and easy-to-prepare sweets -- inspired by traditional Italian eating,
perfect for today's table
Viana La Place, one of Morrow's most-loved cookbook authors, brings us to Italy, where the best desserts are pure and simple treats made from the freshest ingredients. Viana has a true passion for home-style cooking and
eating, which she shares in her teaching and has won her numerous fans.
Published in the same lush, full-color format as Viana's popular Panini, Bruschetta, Crostini, Desserts and Sweet Snacks presents such delights as ripe fruit in clouds of
whipped cream, tender single-layer cakes, and delectable ice creams. Sweet Olive Oil Cake with Lemon needs only a hot espresso to make a satisfying afternoon snack; Pink Honeydew Ice Cream cools on a sultry day. For Viana, sweets are inextricably linked
to experiences in Italy, which she relates in beautiful narrative reminiscences interlaced with the recipes. Desserts and Sweet Snacks is a wonderful culinary trip and a collection of recipes to be savored.
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