Biscotti and a Cup of Joe

It's fun to watch Kathryn as she gets an idea for a project. Her latest masterpiece is home made biscotti. With two recipes in hand, it was time to plan our next R and D session. "Are you in," she asked.

"You bet I'm in," I reply.

Until recently, as far as I knew, biscotti was made in some small Italian village nestled along the Mediterranean coastline. Prepared and shipped with care, the product would arrive at cafes worldwide.

Nonsense - anyone can make these delectable treats. And let me tell you, our biscotti taste better than any I've had at gourmet coffee houses.

We researched recipes from both Southern Living and Giada De Laurentiis, author of the book, Everyday Italian.

Once again, Giada is the champion - Her recipes are always delicious and easy to prepare. The biscotti's perfect texture and taste really surprised us. In comparison, the Southern Living recipe produced a moist, cake-like biscotti that crumpled when sliced.

Once cooled, we dipped the biscotti ends into white chocolate and milk chocolate. Move over Starbucks - we've got homemade biscotti to accompany our delicious Guatemalan Antigua Finca La Tacita coffee. By the way, if you want to enjoy a really good cup of coffee, we recommend you try the the Antigua - you can purchase the beans from Counter Culture Coffee - they have great products and deliver excellent customer service.

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