Beer Batter Fish! Is I write this post I have memories of my mother standing on one leg in the kitchen patiently frying shrimp, cod and smelt for Christmas Eve. Anna Marie loved her fried fish! This is a great...

My parents had a bakery in Chicago, Sarno's Pastry Shop. I remember as a kid growing up tasting this sweet and slightly bitter caramelized sugar almond candy, Torrone di Mandorle. I remember loving the rich flavor of almonds supported by the depth of the carmel and its distinctive hard crunch!