Ciambella Lucchese

The narrow, winding streets of Lucca strongly evoke an era when it was possible to visit European cities without fear of being hit by a tour bus. Relatively calm and not at all crowded, Lucca preserves many traditions of antique Tuscan cooking, among them the circular ciambella, sometimes called buccellato, from the Latin for “bracelet.”

I like the ciambella lucchese because it is sweet and cakelike yet, since it contains no fat of any kind, is relatively low in