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From KCRW, I'm Evan Klimin and you're listening to good food.

When Victoria Granoff and I worked together four decades ago,

we were both opinionated young women with dreams.

I was a brand new restaurateur, and she was a talented pastry chef. My life unfolded as it has and

Victoria developed into an even more talented food creative, the first two words in

the about section of her website.

Hers is a big life filled with exuberant color, courage,

and a creative impulse that's helped launched books, products, and people in her guise as a food stylist, art director, and director.

Her style is ever changing, yet filled with a certain type of energy that's immediately

recognizable.

When I think of Victoria, I think of Italy and sweets.

So it's lovely that I get to introduce her to you now as the author of Sicily, my sweet. Love notes to an island with recipes for cakes

cookies, puddings and preserves. Hi Victoria. Oh hi Evan what is what a wonderful introduction. I feel not worthy.

Oh, I think you're worthy.

If you could give an elevator pitch on behalf of Sicilian sweets, what would it be?

Well, just that they are misunderstood.

There's life beyond Canoli, actually, which is what people think, you know, they think of Canoli as a fully Italian dessert, but it really is something very special to Sicily.

As far as Sicilian sweets are, Sicily was, I don't know,

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