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Bruschetta de Venezia

Bruschetta

Bruschetta, pronounced “Bru-Sketta” in Italy, is simply toast rubbed with garlic and topped with fresh tomatoes.  During my visit to Venice this summer, I discovered how this simple little apertivo could become something more like a meal. For the past month, I’ve tried to replicate the taste I discovered at a little cafe’ outside of Piazza San Marco. To read more about our days in Venice, go here: http://www.eatwritepacklight.com/destinations-in-italy/venice/

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Daddy’s Biscuits: Crispy, Flakey, and Moist

Biscuits

Daddy’s biscuits are not the prettiest (but they could look more like regular biscuits, and I’ll explain how later; Daddy is all about taste and speed). The biscuits he makes have an geometrical shape, maybe a rhombus or something like that, but definitely not circular because Daddy doesn’t care about biscuit appearances. (Though, he does however, care about his own physical appearance; another story for another day).  Daddy thinks it’s faster and easier to cram those biscuits together and mash them down until they are all touching like a pie. ??? I don’t understand why…

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