Strawberry maritozzi (pronounced ‘marry tottsy’) are fluffy brioche buns filled with a cloud of sweetened whipped cream, of whose history dates back to Rome in the Middle Ages. Tradition decried that these soft cream-filled buns were once the only permissible indulgence during Lent. Then, in the nineteenth century, they became the cream-filled carrier of marriage […]
There are three theories behind the meaning of the word trofie (pronounced tro-fee-eh). One theory points to the ancient Greek word trophe (τροφή), which translates to nourishment, or to strépho, to twist or to turn. And another more local theory suggests the name comes directly from the local verb strufuggiâ, which means to rub. So, through the twists and […]
