0 a sweet food, originally from southern Italy, made from a small tube of fried pastry filled with a sweet cream: --
He is the current tamale-, cannoli-, burrito-, and tiramisu-eating champion of the world.
He has said that his grandmother taught him to roll cannoli shells around the handle of a broomstick.
Cannoli consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta.
A colleague told her he was leaving in the middle of the workday just because he felt like having a cannoli.
Try the wonderful pastries, especially the sheep's milk ricotta cannoli.
You can still buy fresh-filled cannoli at Maria's Bakery on Cross Street.