When we were in Nova Scotia this summer, I made manicotti several times using a recipe I got from Lynn Zimmerman. Back in NC I decided yesterday to make manicotti with yet another recipe I found in one of my new cookbooks. After checking with several local grocers---Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Harris Teeter-- I could find no dry manicotti pasta. After finding manicotti pasta in Sobeys in the small town of Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, I was exasperated that here in a big city I could find no dry manicotti. Do Raleighites not make stuffed manicotti from scratch?
And then I remembered the Italian food market over in nearby Morrisville,
CapriFlavors. Costanzo and Titina Vuotto are the proprietors of CapriFlavors.
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| Costanzo and Titina Vuotto are the proprietors (Photo from their website.) |
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| A really, really big jar of Nutella. |
I scurried over and it was like being in Italy again---so many good Italian products. They even have the really big jar of Nutella that I saw in many stores in Italy. I found lots of goodies in addition to the manicotti.
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| Lots of different cheeses. |
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| Cookies and other sweets. |
Titina teaches cooking classes, and I intend to sign up for one this fall. I can't wait.
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| Titina in the kitchen. |
The next time I'm looking for ingredients for an Italian recipe, I will head right over to CapriFlavors.
