Ciao Biscotti Sweet and Savory Recipes for Celebrating Italy's Favorite Cookie

by Marchetti, Domenica; Achilleos, Antonis

• ISBN13: 9781452124957
• ISBN10: 1452124957
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-02-24
• Publisher: Chronicle Books

Summary

Ciao Biscotti is a collection of 44 authentic biscotti from Italian cooking expert Domenica Marchetti. Studded with nuts, adorned with chocolate, or dotted with dried fruit, biscotti, Italy's unique twice-baked cookies have a crunchy, toasty, enduring appeal. Perfect for dunking into coffee, tea, or Vin Santo, they're easy to make; and transform a simple bowl of ice cream or sorbet into a special dessert. With savory ingredients swapped for the sweet ones, biscotti are a delicious accent to a cheese platter. Nibble on traditional flavors such as Hazelnut or Anise, coffeehouse neo-classics like Christmas Cranberry-Pistachio, tempting new versions such as Browned Butter and Toblerone, or savory ones, including Mountain Gorgonzola and Walnut, and taste the perfection of a classic cookie. Ciao biscotti!

Author Biography

A former newspaper reporter, Domenica Marchetti is the author of four cookbooks with Chronicle: The Glorious Soups and Stews of Italy; Big Night In: More Than 100 Wonderful Recipes for Feeding Family and Friends Italian Style; The Glorious Pasta of Italy (named one of the eight best single-subject cookbooks of the last 25 years by the editors of Cooking Light); and The Glorious Vegetables of Italy (2013). Her articles and recipes have been featured in The Washington Post, Food and Wine, Fine Cooking, and Cooking Light, and on Leite's Culinaria and NPR.org's Kitchen Window, among others. She is a founding member of the new online magazine American Food Roots, which launched in October 2012 and explores why we eat what we eat. She also blogs about Italian home cooking at her web site, www.domenicacooks.com; and is active on Twitter (@domenicacooks), Facebook (facebook.com/domenicacooks), Instagram (@domenicacooks), and on Pinterest.