meara, I'll come visit and cook you things too. I miss Seattle. Best friend from college lives there, and it's been way too long since I've gone out there to see her. And now there's the added bonus of the Seattle-istas.
DIY cornettos
I can't even imagine. The allure is partially in the fact that it's put together by machines so it's perfectly conical and flat on top.
I was assured it was a Sicilian game, though!
Oh it is, but it migrated across the Straits of Messina into lower Calabria. Our family is from about as far south as you can get on the tip of the boot without being in Sicily. Ionian sea-side rather than Tyrrhenian side.
I double-checked with them when my dessert arrived to make sure they hadn't accidentally given me the coffee caramel gelato.
That wouldn't be horrendous if it was the only flavor available, but in the face of nocciola, not even coffee will cause me to be unfaithful.
Ooh, speaking of coffee... I love a piping hot espresso right after a cup of nocciola. It's something in how the flavors and temperatures combine that makes it so much better than hazelnut-flavored coffee.
I would always get a scoop of thhe nocciola and something else.
We were in Tropea last year and stopped for gelato at a gelateria recommended by a local. I had a scoop of nocciola and a scoop of fig. So yummy.
There's actually a place in Montgomery Mall that sells gelato, including nocciola. It more than suffices in a pinch.
I also miss granitas. I can't find a good granita here unless it's homemade. Mmm, lemon. Or blackberry with fresh whipped cream.
::runs off to check ticket prices to Italy::
::bursts into tears::