{"id":559,"date":"2020-11-23T16:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dontcrowdthepan.ca\/?p=559"},"modified":"2020-11-23T16:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:23:15","slug":"thanks-mrs-borrelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dontcrowdthepan.ca\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"Thanks, Mrs. Borrelli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Are there any cuisines, world-wide, where there isn’t a treat of some sort that you can have with your coffee?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

So I had a rough couple of days. Nothing earth-shattering, just those days where it’s hard to keep your mind straight because of some issues, here and there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend (Joe) who has a studio a hundred feet from my studio (down the hall and up a flight of stairs) offered me a cup of coffee. He just bought himself a stellar espresso machine <\/a> and was well on his way to match any shot from any decent coffee shop pretty much anywhere. I was happy to accept. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We talked – about this and that – some about my concerns, some about coffee, some about lighting and photography, about the view… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then he brought out a small loaf, he said, “my mom made this”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs. Borrelli, his mom, came to Canada from Italy, gosh, in the 1960s? She never got around to learning much English. I have met her before and she is lovely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And my goodness can she bake. It’s not biscotti. It’s too soft. Joe couldn’t remember what it was called, but he sliced off a couple of pieces for the two of us and we enjoyed it with our coffee. Apparently she sweetens it with honey. The flavour is subtle but sublime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversation, great coffee and a biscuit to go along with it. I can’t imagine a more perfect way to spend a few minutes on a rainy November morning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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