NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 22:57:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu pgh.food:16533 Gran Canal Cafe in Sharpsburg. Great everything there! Amy Kate C. wrote: >Hi everyone, >I have a friend who loves tiramisu and >I want to get her some *good* stuff for >her birthday. The catch is that I wouldn't >touch the stuff with a ten-foot pole because >I loath coffee. Thus it is also not something >I am willing make myself, due to the coffee. >So, I found out that Buca di Beppo has what >sounds like authentic tiramisu with real >mascarpone and marsala wine, etc. At least >on paper. I don't know how good it is, but >that's a moot point because it turns out one >order is $8.95! Yikes! I can't afford that >kind of price - plus I'd have to go all the >way out to Robinson Town Centre to get it >since there's no way I'm going to pay to >park at Station Sq. then walk a half a mile >in the summer heat to get it there. > >So, to get to my point, finally, can anyone >recommend a restaurant or bakery that has >real tiramisu? Hopefully in the East End >or East Suburbs, but that's not so important >as the quality of the dish. And hopefully >I can get one portion to go that won't cost >an arm and a leg. I would say that $5 or >less is reasonable. Please don't respond >about places that you *think* might have it. >I only wish to hear about places that you >*know* have it! The other stuff I can figure >out for myself. ;-) I'm beginning to think >I should make her my famous Tipsy Cake and >be done with it. Pretty much the same thing >except for the coffee and the mascarpone, >sherry instead of marsala. ;-) > >Thanks, >Kate > >
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