Italian Breakfast
Italian breakfast is short, sharp, and at the bar. Espresso standing up, a cornetto with one bite missing, and the conversation that follows. We do not eat sitting down before noon.
Featured italian breakfast recipes
- Cornetto, the Italian morning — Salvatore Esposito · Naples, Italy · Salvatore: not a croissant. The dough is sweetened. The shape is the same. The intent is not.
- Espresso, pulled right — Iris · Rome, Italy · Twenty-five seconds. Crema like a tabby cat. Drink it standing up.
- Cappuccino, only before 11am — Iris · Milan, Italy · After eleven, you are ordering a tourist drink. The rule is real.
- Maritozzo with whipped cream — Iris · Rome, Italy · Sweet bun, split, filled with unsweetened cream. The Roman breakfast.
- Pane, burro, marmellata — Iris · Bologna, Italy · Bread, butter, jam. The home version of what the bar does.
- Frittata of zucchini and pecorino — Iris · Rome, Italy · Late-summer zucchini, sheep’s cheese, the right pan.
- Sfogliatella, Naples-style — Salvatore Esposito · Naples, Italy · Salvatore on the pastry that sounds like leaves when you bite it.
- Biscotti for the dunk — Iris · Tuscany, Italy · Twice-baked, almond, hard. Designed to find the bottom of the cup.
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