In this month’s Short List, we kissed plenty of Italian-speaking frogs to find our tiramisu prince. You can find our favorite Italian royalty here. And now, the tiramisu that fell just shy of taking home a medal. La Dolce Vita 4470 Arco Ave., St, Louis, 314.534.1699
This Tiramisu wins honorable mention not only for taste and texture, but the work that goes into it. La Dolce Vita makes its mascarpone in-house (a 3-day process) and its lady fingers from scratch. All this effort, plus two kinds of rum, make this tiramisu not just delicious, but decadent. Call ahead to make sure it’s available; you’ll be glad you did.
This article appears in October 2011.