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Isabella once again checked inside her handbag for The Recipe to assure herself she hadn't lost it. It dated back to Isabella's maternal great-great-grandmother, Isabella de Rosa, whose first name she shared. The family matriarch recorded the cookie recipe in her spidery cursive for her daughter Francesca to bring to America. It made its way to Mom and now her.

Isabella's stomach swirled at the thought of the baking task ahead. Her friends joked she couldn't turn out edible cookies from store-bought ones. Why did she believe she could produce Mom's famous cannoli ones?