Comments on: Florentine Pastries & Sweets

By: Candsmd

Candsmd — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:36:40 +0000

Yummy :-)

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:00:00 +0000

they look so good!! i showed my mom your photos and the panforte–hehe, it is her frustration. she cannot make it properly! :)

gelatos are the best!!! i can’t wait to see them! when we were in florence–i ordered a scoop of baci flavored gelato and the gelato guy said (which my sister translated for me) “oh no, not here signorina!” (he can’t kiss me there daw–heehee. such flirts!)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 07:40:42 +0000

Mila, I think these were skinned almonds (just the white part, then split in half…or at least that’s what I thought…but they’re definitely not pine nuts as the brittle in real life was quite large and I am pretty sure they aren’t peanuts… coming up, gelato photos…talk about sweet hits!

By: Mila

Mila — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 07:19:39 +0000

Are the almonds in Italy a different shape? The brittle looked liked peanuts or pinenuts.
The tarts look amazing, I can just imagine the sweet, silky, and tart flavors blending on the palate. Will now scrounge in the fridge for any desserts….

By: Wilson Cariaga

Wilson Cariaga — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:12:36 +0000

The desserts/pastries i really like the most or at the top of my list are the ones that has fruits or nuts in it and seeing those berry tarts make me crave. . . .mmmm

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:54:27 +0000

Chris, I totally agree, leave those architectural and color wonders for photo shoots…give me sould and flavor any day. The desserts in florence were so driven by the fruit in the market that week that the connection was immediately obvious and totally sincere…imagine a day at the market picking up several boxes of blackberries…walking down the road and having two freshly made blackberry tarts then several hours later, freshly made gelato with blackberries…yum!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:04:46 +0000

Those patries look really yummy Marketman! It’s a pity you didn’t get to taste all of them, heheh. Don’t you just love traditional European pastries? Simple and unpretentious, they rely on good technique and good ingredients, not good looks.

I don’t like it at all when my food looks better than it tastes. You know the type that looks too structured, as if it’s a collaboration between an architect and a structural engineer? You get really excited then you find out its taste doesn’t quite live up to expectations. Anticlimactic.