Italian Kisses: Cannolis in Love
Rita Watson, Love & Marriage
ITALY – Sometimes it is a wedding song that makes a marriage so memorable. For my children, it was the cannolis. We are pastry people. Growing up, my grandmother believed that any argument could be settled once people sat at the table, ate her cannolis, and drank her demi tasse coffee. There was magic in those afternoons. Many a tearful love crisis was solved by sitting and talking and savoring the taste of delicately crunchy shells filled with a mixture of ricotta and heavy cream.
When we all moved to Boston my children split on the best cannolis in the North End — Mike’s or Modern. But when it came time for a wedding, the opinion was universal. Instead of a wedding cake there would be cannolis shipped from Boston to Portland, Maine and layered in a three tier pastry server. This was also because his beautiful bride loves cannolis.
And so they were ordered. But there was one glitch. While they ship anywhere in the world — the shells and the filling come separately. Was I going to spend my morning at the hair dresser or stuffing cannolis? Could we import the pastry chef? A nephew came to the rescue. He drove from the North End to Portland with boxes of cannolis to create a memory and deliver a wish to the bride and groom.
In love and marriage, there will always be highs and lows. Find ways to savor sweet moments, create memories, and talk about the joys that the two of you share.
Rita Esposito Watson, the Love & Marriage Examiner, writes about love, lies, commitment and sex for both her syndicated blog at www.infidelityfastfacts.com and the Providence Journal.
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