the involvement of the senses begins with the unwrapping of the cookie. The shape of the cookie tells us what’s ahead and prepares us to the tasting
The world
of cookies
The Italian word for cookie is biscotto, from the Latin “panis biscotus”, which means twice-baked bread. The double baking process helps to eliminate moisture, so that the product can be stored for long periods of time. The first records of cookies date back to ancient Roman times, when grain biscuits, or cookies, were supplied to the legionaries of the Roman fleet.
Over time, the shape, taste and texture of cookies changed and, among the wealthy Romans, it was customary to serve such treats at the end of a meal, as a way to “cleanse” the mouth. Until 996, the year in which sugar arrived in Venice, the only sweetener being used was honey. This is also a primary ingredient in our modern-day production. Over the centuries, cookies became increasingly refined. In the mid-19th century, the first cookie factories were built in England, Italy, France and Belgium. Initially, the cookies were made by hand, then the production was converted into an industrial one featuring the use of machines.
The 5 senses at play
SWEET MULTISENSORY EMOTIONS
A few carefully selected ingredients are what makes our butter cookie line a symphony of fragrances and flavors. Far from being ordinary, our individually wrapped cookies embody the superior quality of the best ingredients that Dario Loison chose to include in his 12 precious creations. Tiny delights for a multi-sensorial experience that involves all our senses.
Sight
Touch
by bringing it to the mouth and holding it between our fingers, we instinctively perceive the cookie’s texture
Smell
the aroma of the ingredients immediately reaches our nose anticipating the flavors to come
Hearing
next is the pleasant sound of our tiny and fragrant bites of the cookie
Taste
finally, we get the explosion of flavors, delivering unique nuances that touch our heart
Test your senses with all our cookies
Loison’s cookie shapes
A BIT OF GEOMETRY AND A TOUCH OF IMAGINATION
Cookies’ shapes can vary tremendously, as they are the result of the application of different techniques, handed down and changed over the centuries, and of an endless labor of the imagination. From the first uneven hand-shaped cookies, we arrive today at the precise forms created with the use of cutters.
The shapes of Dario Loison’s butter cookies, examples of unmatchable tiny delights, are the result of careful and meticulous research. The ingredients suggest the shapes and vice versa, in a back-and-forth game in which all the senses are involved.
