The Perfect Pantry: Miele di Melata
Miele di Melata is not a blossom honey, but the collection of excretions from the spruce trees that bees turn into a thick, dark-colored syrup. It looks like molasses and tastes balsamic.
Culinary Dictionary: Quaresimali
Quaresimali are Florentine cookies named after Lent (in Italian, Quaresima). Although they have been falling out of fashion, they are traditionally made and eaten during Lent, because they contain no animal fat, only a little sugar and are therefore permitted by religious dietary laws. Florentine Quaresimali (made with egg whites, unsweetened cocoa powder, plain flour, sugar, …