“. . . the desire her whole person expressed was that of communicating to me what she was tasting: communicating with me through flavors, or communicating with flavors through a double set of taste buds, hers and mine. . . .”
Italo Calvino, "Under the Jaguar Sun."

Maltese

Maltese Pastries at Leli’s Bakery & Pastry Shop

Leli’s Bakery and Pastry Shop is the only Maltese restaurant in New York City. Appropriately, they serve what might be the most popular Maltese dish: pastizzi. Pastizzi are savory pastries made with a variant of filo dough, laminated into many layers and stuffed (at least at Leli’s) with either ricotta, spinach, or curried peas. All […]

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