Standing under glowing red and lime-green neon lights of the pastry shop sign, Adam Vigiano takes a large bite of a crisp, golden cannolo filled with sweet ricotta. The visitor from Manhattan and his three friends hold white pastry boxes to catch crumbs and any filling that might slide out as they devour the dessert on a Hanover Street curb.
Vigiano, 30, claims he’s a “cannoli connoisseur” and pulls out his cellphone to prove it. He scrolls through pictures until he finds a photo of himself standing next to someone in a giant cannolo costume at an Italian festival in New York. But he had never sampled one in the North End, so his friends brought him to Modern Pastry one Friday night last month.
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Maria's....by far.
So...no gloves and made with peoples' bare hands. thank you for letting me know - I will not eat them ever again. They are no good for you anyway, let's face it. There is not one nutritious part of them. not one. And if you look around, you will see that they are not just an occasional treat; nor is any fattening nutritionless snack..... but the bare hands working with dough are the worst.