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Sgroppino al Limone (an Italian Sorbetto Cocktail) | #SundaySupper
April 2, 201618 Comments
One of my favorite things about travel is discovering new dishes, and bringing them into my kitchen. I’m not talking about celery root foam, or other molecular gastronomy tricks. I mean dishes well-known within a particular culture or region. Dishes with a past that can claim lineage. Food with kitchen cred.
To name a few – fried empanadas filled with cheese and dusted with sugar – popular Ecuadorian street food — I’ll be blogging about them soon! Farinata and socca, two dishes that I had while traveling through Italy’s Ligurian region a few years ago. Trdelnik, a sweet Czech pastry shaped like a coiled snake, baked on thick…
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