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Bread.
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#spain #madrid #bakery #handmade  (at Madrid, Spain)

Bread.
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#spain #madrid #bakery #handmade (at Madrid, Spain)

May 20, 2018 by Lisa Minucci
May 20, 2018 /Lisa Minucci
bakery, handmade, madrid, spain
It was the kind of cold that makes snot run, fingertips burn purple, thick ugly hats 
fashionable.  Even this late in winter, with wet, mushroomy soil scenting the air, the melody of water rushing downhill to join full rapid rivers, and cherry trees…

It was the kind of cold that makes snot run, fingertips burn purple, thick ugly hats
fashionable. Even this late in winter, with wet, mushroomy soil scenting the air, the melody of water rushing downhill to join full rapid rivers, and cherry trees pregnant and giddy, springtime seemed months away.
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The oven’s sunset glow, now only half as fiery as Dante’s recipe for roasting flesh, illuminated her silhouette, a silver helmet of old lady hair. Wiping flour from hands gnarled as ancient Vernaccia vines, she bustled to the glass door set with heavy iron knobs and hinges, a wide smile warm, beckoning, uncharacteristic for a Roman of a certain age.
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In Ferrari-fast Italian, who knows which dialect, her arms flail towards a large basket of drying biscotti the color of tan nylons, their crispy edges bulging with almonds; tradizionale naturalmente. My dumb smile, nodding head and childish slaughtering of even the most rudimentary phrases earned me two cookies and a wave out the door.
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But, really, I just wanted to check out her oven.
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#italy #frascati #paticceria #bakery #fornolegna


(at Frascati, Italy)

April 05, 2018 by Lisa Minucci
April 05, 2018 /Lisa Minucci
bakery, italy, paticceria, fornolegna, frascati
Cookies.
#spain #madrid #laduquesita #bakery  (at Malasaña)

Cookies.
#spain #madrid #laduquesita #bakery (at Malasaña)

March 26, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
March 26, 2017 /Lisa Minucci
spain, bakery, laduquesita, madrid

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