Grissini Torinese

After a near all-nighter, it was a morning of doing things like putting the box of Kashi cereal away in the fridge. Izzy fell asleep on her chew toy, mid-chew. We were like clocks that had wound down. But it is done, and I am heading straight for the cookbooks to see what fun I […]

Grissini

I think more than for their food, I love Italians for their words. Grissini. This word for breadstick struck me on a personal level because it hybridizes two of the nicknames my mother had for me when I was young, well, young but old enough to be mischievous. The nicknames weren’t so much monikers of […]