Cookies & Crackers
Baicoli
Venice, Italy
Venetian dry crisp biscuits, originally ship's bread, now eaten dipped in coffee or sweet wine. Their name comes from their resemblance to small fish (baicoli).
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Venetian dry crisp biscuits, originally ship's bread, now eaten dipped in coffee or sweet wine. Their name comes from their resemblance to small fish (baicoli).
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Dry crisp oval biscuits, eaten dipped in coffee or Zabaione, a Venetian breakfast.
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