Today if we were in Sicily for our Stirring Sicily small-group food and wine tour, you would have delighted in a picnic in the forest. And this year, we would have remembered the wine opener so Bill wouldn’t have to use a tree to pop the cork! Your wine would taste wonderful paired with the…
Today We Would Have Eaten Two Breakfasts
If we were in Sicily… We would have started today with two breakfasts. The one with toast, eggs, and fresh fruit at your inn (On second thought, skip that one!), and then with this one, my favorite cannolo in the world coupled with your preferred coffee drink (Un caffè macchiato, perfavore.). This cannolo is like…
Shopping And Eating In Palermo’s Markets With A Local Guide
Shopping and eating in Palermo’s Il Capo and Vucciria markets led by our local guide Angelo is how we would have spent this morning, Day 1 of Stirring Sicily. Our focus of this week’s (I wish we were actually there) tour is Sicilian food culture, cooking, and wine. (Daydream along with me!) Here Angelo is…
First, A Coffee In The Airport
Yes, it’s true, in the last year or so, Autogrill began to offer paper cups to take your coffee away (I don’t recommend it!). And with this, here begins our virtual Stirring Sicily 2020 tour presentation: What we would have been doing these next eight days in Sicily! So, on this first day, I meet…
Reaching New Heights In Sicily
I’m on a journey to seek and share joy. Amunì! Let’s go! A photo from May 2019, when I celebrated a joyful day in Selinunte (Photo Credit: Nicholas Gagliano of Studio Uno Photography)
Windmill On The Salt Flats
A windmill on the salt flats of Marsala, Sicily
Favignana, Sicily’s Marina And More
Favignana, one of the Egadi Islands off of western Sicily… Its marina with the abandoned Castle of Santa Caterina atop the hill and the Florio Tonnara (tuna plant, now museum) in the background
Morning Light In Porticello, Sicily
Last night I had a dream that I was staying here in Porticello, my grandfather’s fishing village. Last year when I was staying here in an apartment, I delighted in waking up early and walking through the port to see the light on Monte Catalfano and Capo Zafferano and the fisherman and boat repairmen doing…
The Vendemmia In Sicily
Currently throughout Sicily grape growers are measuring the sugar, acid, and tannin levels of their grapes in preparation for the annual vendemmia, or grape harvest. Up to now, wine-making has been about caring for the vines, pruning the growth, and ensuring that the fruit has received enough air, sunlight, and water for an abundant and…
Crystal Clear Cefalù
Cefalù, Sicily with the island of Alicudi on the horizon (Look closely and you’ll see its silhouette.)