Eclair

Thursday we ate at Vaccaro's Italian Pastries over in Union Station (this is a branch location of the famous Baltimore bakery), and, after having one of their traditional Sfinge di San Giuseppe—"St. Joseph cream puffs" that include ricotto cheese, pistachio nuts, and candied cherries and fruit peel in the filling, an Italian tradition on the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19—I had to get something to take home from their bakery case. It was already the day after St. Joseph's Day, and the feast officially had been transferred to last week, anyway, so I didn't get more cream puffs. I set my eye on something different.

An eclair.

But not just any eclair, the wonderful, huge, chocolate-frosted eclairs I've only been able to find at Vacarro's. These beautiful eclairs truly are big enough to feed three!