Last week I was in Eataly at Madison Square and who do I almost bump into – Lidia Bastianich, the restaurant owner and tv chef. She was walking toward me and I was walking toward her and the place is always so crowded, we sort of touched.
I looked her right in the face and almost said, “Tutti a Tavola a Mangiare!” but she looked down and obviously didn’t want to be recognized, so I just walked by. She was with a couple of friends and they were taking and shopping.
I did want to ask her about my 10 With Tom column. I tried reaching out to her and I know a couple of her PR people opened the email asking her to participate, but I didn’t receive a response.
I watched her make zeppole on tv the other day – with some sort of cream filling, which I’ve never seen with a zeppole before. They looked like this image, with the cream and cherries on top.
I’m use to this type, which usually comes three or more served warm or hot in a paper bag.
I was at an Italian street fair, a Feist, in Brooklyn last week, I had some there (without the whipped cream).
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I am used to zeppole from the street fairs and even in pizzerias in NY……but I also understand that there is a pastry called zeppole! Both have the same name, both yummy, but both different!
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