Shopping in Prato

1. Antonio Mattei

   • Prato, Italy
   • Shopping › Food, drink

   Practically every tourist shop in Florence sells them; they are dunked in Vin Santo as sweet dolci world-wide and have become synonymous with Tuscany at large. Yet it is in Prato that these rock-hard, seriously crunchy rusk-like biscuits studded with almonds were cooked up. Known around the world, sure, but the Real McCoy only comes in a thick paper, cobalt-blue bag, tied with string and embossed with the mark of its maker: Antonio Mattei. Created by the artisan biscuit maker in 1858, biscotti di Prato or cantucci (as they are also known) are still baked up on the very spot where they were born.

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2. Luca Mannori

   • Prato, Italy
   • Shopping › Food, drink

   A sweet Prato name to know is Luca Mannori, a world-renowned pastry, confectionery and chocolate chef whose torta sette veli (tart of the seven veils) will make the hardest of hearts swoon.

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