Casaebottega in Positano
June 20, 2013 Last month, when I visited the world famous Amalfi Coast, we stayed in Positano for a few nights. After two days of eating pizza, pasta and lots of cheese, we were only too happy to stumble across the darling Casaebottega, a charming little cafe and home decor boutique on the busy Via Pasitea. You can get organic fruit smoothies, a platter of freshly baked desserts or a healthy salad to-go. Open for only a few months, it's quickly becoming the place for tourists.
Credit: Tami Yu 2013
Using mostly local and organic produce, each menu item is made to order. They don't have much storage or refrigeration so they work with what they can procure each day. I'm also impressed that they have updated traditional Italian dessert recipes to make it lighter and less sweet.
After you nosh on your delicious snack or meal, you can browse their selection of homeware. Many of the ceramic dishes are produced locally. I was so tempted to get some serving plates, like this one below.
Mini cannellonis with fresh ricotta and pistachio.
Co-owners Tanina Vanacore and Fanny Pirillo are incredibly warm and welcoming, and their staff members are adorable. A local food authority in Positano (her daughter runs the lovely Next2 restaurant), Tania deftly weaves her culinary magic in the small open kitchen. In fact, you can sit at the counter and watch her bake all day. Creating a new dessert every other hour, she makes it look so easy. It's an amazing feat to watch them churn out so many lunch and dessert orders in that tiny space.
Watching Tanina perform her effortless baking.
If you go to Positano, drop by Casaebottega and tell Tanina and Fanny I sent you. You won't regret it.
Making rosettes for a birthday cake.
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