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"These little ‘S’-shaped biscuits are traditionally made at Easter and are perfect for dunking in your milky coffee in the morning. They have a very subtle vanilla flavor with just the merest hint of lemon. Esse biscuits are particular to Venice but I have been unable to discover the significance of the letter S. The only explanation that has been offered is that Venice is known as La Serenissima – The Serene One, but this seems a little tenuous to me. If anyone has any clues, please let me know." — Norman Russell
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<br />Recipe and headnote republished with permission from <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/POLPO-Venetian-Cookbook-Of-Sorts/dp/1608199096?tag=food52-20">POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts)</a></strong> (Bloomsbury USA, 2012).
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