When I was an exchange student in Germany, my host mother made amazing food. My favorite, however, wasn’t German but Italian, tiramisu. She told me tiramisu means pick me (tira-pick, mi-me, su-up) up in Italian because it’s a caffeinated dessert. I also felt like a grown-up eating an alcoholic dessert.

Here's a recipe for classic Italian Tiramisu:

By Jerry Mooney

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