Food Science and Molecular Gastronomy
If you visit the Ikea’s food section on a regular basis, you might have noticed kanelbullar, the Swedish cinnamon buns twisted as a spiral. Well, korvapuusti are the Finnish version of kanelbullar. The only difference is in the way of folding: korvapuusti are twisted around their horizontal axis and squeezed a bit in the centre. Korvapuusti literally means “cuff on the ear” and their shape would actually remind this…ahem…gesture?
Read MoreBrioches are neither cornetti nor croissants, even if in Italy those terms are used interchangeably. Brioches are sweet buns that, differently from cornetti and croissants, are not layered. Example of Italian brioches are the Roman maritozzo or the polacchina.
Read MoreIt is a different Easter this year. Quite, withdrawn and intimate.
Read MoreThe context is deep frying, now! :)
My child memories urged me to make one of the classic treats of all Tuscan fairs: frati. Frati in Italian means “monks”. I am not sure why these treats got such a name, probably because they remind the monks’ tonsures.
Read MoreI really feel like publishing sensantional titles: ‘Deep frying, no panic!’ ‘Deep frying, all you need to know to healthy deep-fry’… I even dare to use an infinitive split :D
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