Biscotti by the Bay
Until Christmas, I'd never heard of a gourmet treat coming from Redwood City, a town long mocked by its Bay Area neighbors as Deadwood City. (I suppose it was asking for that when it chose the dull city slogan "Climate Best by Government Test.") But thanks to St. Nick, I've learned about a Redwood City bakery that makes exceptional biscotti.
La Biscotteria is the name, and biscotti is pretty much its game, though it does sell panettone. It started out making classic anise biscotti, and then, in the '90s, introduced versions with lemon peel, orange peel and raisins. The raisin flavor is quite traditional, designed to go with wine rather than coffee. All flavors but raisin are avaiable dipped in chocolate (white chocolate, in the case of the lemon biscotti).
They're excellent: fresh, crunchy and buttery, not over-sweet and not stingy with the almonds. I've just about finished my chocolate-dipped anise biscotti, and lemon is next on the list.
-- Charles Perry
Photo by Charles Perry
What you ate is actually cantucci, a type of biscotto. Biscotti is an unnecessary plural, kind of like saying panini instead of panino
Posted by: adrian | January 03, 2008 at 10:05 AM
how does a bakery in redwood city fit in under the title, "the inside scoop on food in los angeles"? just because wonder bread left town surely there must be existant baking facilities in los angeles, be they italian, french or shite bread.
Posted by: oy1 | January 01, 2008 at 11:21 AM