Making Your Own Biscotti and Dunking Delights

by Dona Z. Meilach

Thanks to biscotti, dunking has become socially acceptable. These long, dry, semihard cookies with curved tops and flat bottoms are especially designed for dunking. Their unique texture and taste are perfect for absorbing coffee, tea, punch, wine, or soup. Biscotti date all the way back to Columbus's time when an Italian baker served them with Tuscan wines. From there the idea spread throughout Italy and nearby countries, and eventually each province...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517704951
• ISBN13: 9780517704950
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Inventive cooking!

Ms Meilach has found so many new ways to reimagine biscotti that I know I'll be busy trying all these recipes for years. Sweet and savory, tart and tangy. There is a biscotti for every meal and every palate.

Great recipes with new variety and creativity

Beautifully done book with wonderful artwork as well as recipes. Treat yourself and buy an extra one for a gift. Susan Seligman, Albuquerque N