The 1972 Academy Award winning film The Godfather raised the profile of the cannoli in popular culture with one of the film’s most quoted lines, “Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.” The line was partially ad-libbed by actor Richard Castellano who portrayed Peter Clemenza, captain of the Corleone family’s enforcers, in Francis Ford Coppola’s film adaptation of Mario Puzo’s best-selling crime novel. Because we call DC “home” The Boston Sisters invited Tierney Plumb, senior associate editor of the online food guide Eater DC, to tell us where we can find the best cannolis in the DC-MD-VA or DMV area. Eater DC’s Cannoli map was created in 2019 and is updated regularly. 

This Special Edition podcast is a companion to episode 10 where we revisit The Godfather on its 50th anniversary.

2:58 Tierney Plumb's impressions of The Godfather

3:41 Introduction to the cannoli

7:07 What makes a great cannoli?

8:40 Top Cannolis in the DMV

13:43 Eater DC Cannoli Map

15:10 Lightning Round