In-Store: Victoria Granof: Sicily, My Sweet w/ Andrew Cotto

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A love letter to the iconic and often over-the-top desserts of Sicily, gorgeously styled and endearingly written by Victoria Granof, one of the great tastemakers in the food world.

Sicilian pastries are fanciful, bawdy, and brash. They are celebratory, superstitious, and some of the most show-stopping desserts around. Luckily, they are also quite easy to make at home now that Sicilian pistachios, almonds, flour, chocolate, sheep’s milk ricotta, jasmine water, fragrant lemons, and fennel are easier than ever to procure.
In Victoria Granof’s expert hands, readers learn to make Meyer Lemon and Bay Leaf Gelato, Schiumone, a frozen mousse of jasmine-scented almond milk, Gela di Melone, a fruit pudding of white melon and orange blossom, and Pasticcini di Pistacchio Con Gelsomino, pistachio and jasmine macarons.
​Full of gorgeous food and location photography, warm and witty headnotes, and expert recipes, Sicily, My Sweet is sure to transport and delight.

Victoria Granof was named one of the most creative and inspiring women in food by Cherry Bombe, and a woman to follow by The Spruce Eats. She is one of today’s most visionary and vibrant culinary artists. (She was also dubbed “Cannoli Queen” by Bon Appétit.) Her loyal clients include Food & Wine, Vogue, Bon Appétit, Food 52, Epicurious, New York Magazine, and The New York Times, as well as numerous national and international brands. She is the author of four cookbooks and has styled or developed scores of others, most recently Please Wait to be Tasted. Victoria is based in Brooklyn, NY.

Andrew Cotto is an award-winning author of seven novels and a regular contributor to The New York Times. He has also written extensively for Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, Parade, Rachael Ray In Season, AARP, Conde Nast Traveler, Italy magazine, La Cucina Italiana, the Good Men Project and more. Andrew is the lead food columnist for the Brooklyn Eagle, the Editor-in-Chief of Italian America magazine, and the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the online publication, Appetito: Italian Food & Drink.

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