America's got peanut butter, Italy's got Nutella. It's Skippy's creamier, chocolatier, hazelnuttier second cousin and each spoonful gives good reason to celebrate. That's what Antonio Cafiero, owner of Sorrento's Primavera gelato and pastry shop, thought two years ago when he invited Italian actress Pamela Prati to bathe in a tub full of the chocolaty goo and call it Sorrento's first "Nutella Party."
Kate Beckinsale appears to have a different Thanksgiving weekend tradition than most, shaved ice.
Di Dio's serves authentic Italian ices, which are made from fresh fruit and fruit juice, sugar and water.
Apparently blood orange is the must have flavor at this ice shop, though it looks like Kate went for something a bit more vanilla. You can get multiple flavors in one order and a medium ice will run you a bit under $4.00.
While this place is no doubt hopping in the summer, it is a statement on global warming that Kate and crew found it necessary to get a frosty quaff the last week in November.
Is there a difference between Italian ice and gelato? Maybe gelato includes some form of milk?
As part of a much larger article on the gentrification of Los Angeles--which we're too lazy to read--LA Weekly published a cheat sheet: Five ways to tell your L.A. neighborhood is gentrifying. In New York, this is a simple equation (when the number of pais divided by the number of guys wearing size 30 or smaller jeans is less than one, you're gentrified) but apparently it's a little more complicated in Los Angeles.
Some of them are more obvious than others--and ornamental grasses get mentioned twice, so they must be a pretty clear barometer--but we do like one of their choices in particular: Gelato. We agree that gelato is the new espresso; coffee shops were the sign of Gen X gentrification, and gelato is it for Gen Y. Guess that means we're in for a fat set of hipsters in a few years.
There's a new pick-up joint in L.A., and it's not another nightclub. No, the place to be is Pazzo Gelato in Silverlake, where the line of hot people trying to cool off is always snaking out the door.
Sure, married people with their babies clog the place during after-school snack time, but after that it's swingin' singles all the way up to the 11pm closing time.This wouldn't be possible if the gelato weren't so dang good, but it is; not the most authentic you'll ever have--and therefore perfect for Los Angeles--but totally delicious nonetheless.
The gelato is made in-house from farmer's market fruit and other natural ingredients, and Pazzo Gelato offers flavors like almond fig, Venezuelan chocolate spice, and red grape/red plum, which is so spectacular as to have psychedelic effects. So: Come for the mouth candy, stay for the eye candy.
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