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| Almost everything that is purchased in a pastry shop is wrapped up like this. |
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| Here is all of what we bought today... |
Italians have only recently begun celebrating Halloween. It is an American import and seems to be mostly an excuse to party the night before a national holiday (November 1—All Saints Day). Both children and adults dress up if they are going to a party but there is no trick or treating. There are pumpkins available for carving and over the weekend they will be on display outside people’s homes, many with a lit candle after dark.
We stopped at a local bakery today and I was charmed by the Halloween themed cookies. My favorites were the meringues made in the shapes of ghosts, pumpkins, bones and severed fingers. There were also sugar cookies in various shapes including the ghosts and bats shown here. I thought the meringues needed vanilla (not a common ingredient here) but the cookies have all disappeared so they could not have been all bad.
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