tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post2108877781523091124..comments2023-11-02T04:23:14.216-07:00Comments on IT WAS <br> HER <br> NEW YORK: Saying Goodbye to De Robertis-Part One: "Life Is Uncertain - Eat Dessert First"c.o. moedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842423601233807880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post-66353698710738230052014-12-03T09:28:49.461-08:002014-12-03T09:28:49.461-08:00LOL, yeudi, if I didn't have your memory to co...LOL, yeudi, if I didn't have your memory to count on I'd have no history to speak of.<br /><br />But not a clue of ever stopping by before the 80's so thank you for filling in the big blanks of my past. <br /><br />And if any other readers have memories of De Robertis please comment away. All decades qualify.<br />It Was Her NY/my private coneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8938111885824771622.post-88373273221858281182014-12-03T09:08:02.059-08:002014-12-03T09:08:02.059-08:00I love you Claire, but your memory sucks. We were ...I love you Claire, but your memory sucks. We were hanging out at De Robertis long before the '80s, long before you adopted the Jackie O approach to indulgence.<br /><br />For the longest time, I thought I was the only one who knew De Robertis existed. It was one of the first places I discovered on my own, independent of my mother. This is where, sometime in the '70s, on one of many walks from my childhood home on East Broadway to "uptown" (14th St), I discovered cappuccino. And the tiny, not-too-sweet, perfect-for-dunking, sesame-seed covered regina cookies. Decades later, living in Seattle, desperate to re-create the cookies, I mentioned them to a Sicilian friend, who knew exactly what I was talking about and sent me his family's recipe. According to this source, reginas are referred to affectionally in Italian or Sicilian as "angel turds." Which, I suppose, they might very well resemble. You and I, Claire, shared many a plate of angel turds. You enjoyed them. I'll make you some soon.judithnoreply@blogger.com