Dolce !!

Dolce is the word use for Dessert or sweets or sweet in general.  It seems the Italians have put the sw in sweet.  They have a particular way of making even the sweetest of items even more sweet and it has actually been a bit difficult to find desserts or pastries that aren too sweet for my taste, until this...

This fantastic treat was discovered in a supermarket or Carefour.  It is basically a vanilla ice cream with almost shaved chocolate or flaked chocolate in the middle.  It has a slight crunch when you bite into it so it has a doubly nice quality.  The ice cream part is not too sweet it seems just right.  You can see the flaked chocolate in the middle where it crunches through the flakes.  pretty nice to keep this in the freezer :)

I am still amazed at the way pastries are packaged at my local bakeries.  These are two examples...

How delightful this design is with the twisted ends to hold the cardboard together.

A bounty of sweet treats.  (from the upper left) A chocolate covered cream filled profiterole (cream puff), mini tiramisu ( the word for tiramisu actually means "pick me up"), A hazelnut cookie, a baba- is seems to be part custard and part whipped cream some have rum and raisins others are plain), From left again - a fruit tart (or 2) 2 pistachio mousses- kindof an odd texture a mix between mouse and jello really, a mini monte blanc- meringue cream and chestnut, oh above those in the middle are a cookie and another "pick me up".  A sugar overload in a pretty little box.

Cool gadget

So this is so cool.  It is some type of frother.  It is battery operated and froths milk for coffee or for whatever.  Its my new favorite gadget.  see the video and photo

Il Chiodo Fisso and my great neighborhood

This lovely little bundle is how they pack the little pastries that I bought today at a local pastry shop.  I got to walk home with this beautiful package and it was a gift to me! So much to be thankful for.

Read the reviews.  Went tonight and had a GREAT meal.  We have been eating ourselves through various guides for 2 weeks and this is one of the best.  I had the Saltimbocca or Jump in the mouth- yummy, the sauce had the traditional butter,wine and sage, lots of sage this time. It was salty but not so too much like other places I have eaten this.  The Fantasy of grilled vegetables- very nice and naturally sweet vibrant flavors of zucchini, eggplant and yellow peppers, and the special dessert Seadas- OMG ( i am not a fan of the saying but ... here it fits) fried dough, like a ravioli but bigger and better, similar to a thicker sopapilla which we have in New Mexico, filled with the right amount of cheese all melty when you cut into it, maybe a saltier cheese than mozzarella, like a provolone but still mild and then drizzled with honey and a very light dust of powdered sugar and perhaps lemon zest ( I ate it so fast I cant say exactly).  So worth it. Even the table bread was perfection, crusty crust and soft moist inside.  A favorite for sure and a nice way to spend Thanksgiving, very understated and really a non event but a really good meal.