cannoli
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Australian champion Rob Reid took the speciality award - where competitors can combine oatmeal with any ingredients - with his porridge cannoli, an oaty spin on a tube-shaped dessert that originated in Sicily.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
What Sacher torte is to Vienna, or kouign-amann to Brittany, or cannoli to Sicily, knafeh Nabulseyeh is to Nablus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
They go to her house just outside Georgetown, and she cooks this dinner with roast pork, eggplant parm and cannoli.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023
Eventually, traditions also became melded together to produce the current Americanized image of pan-Italian food that ranges from pizza to cannoli, which are both regional in Italy.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 26, 2023
Mrs. Ortelli brought boxes of cream-filled cannoli and crunchy biscotti she shared with the nurses.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
There were mini cannolis for dessert and colorful macarons stamped with little Pride flags.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
It’s ultimately about family — yes, they’re Italian American and have dinner at noon and eat cannolis and sing “C’é la Luna” — but it’s relatable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
If you have room after, stop for gelato or cannolis next door to Geno’s.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
Forget pie and cannolis; next year Temp Tee cream cheese for everyone!
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2017
In his second installment, aired on “Conan” Wednesday night, Triumph encouraged fans to head-butt cannolis and trample on things, which were, of course, all for him to poop on.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2014
Today, we will be eating the traditional Sicilian cannolo, it feels like Italy but you are in China!
From The Verge ● Nov. 22, 2018
The reason for the obscurity of the latter is that no sane person would ever have just one cannolo.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
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