This weekend in Petralia Sottana in the Madonie Mountains, the townspeople are celebrating the Festa dei Sapori Madoniti, a harvest festival celebrating the abundance of autumn from their mountain-driven agriculture. When talking about the Madonie Mountains, that means outstanding sausage. My cousin Salvo makes a regular pilgrimage from Bagheria (on the coast) to Caccamo or Castelbuono to purchase sausage from the Madonie which he loves to cook on his outdoor grill, pictured.
Allison Scola is founder, owner, and curator of Experience Sicily and the Cannoli Crawl. Named one of the experts for the 2019 New York Times Travel Show, Scola writes and lectures on Sicily and leads immersive tours and designs custom itineraries that delight discerning travelers. She has been featured on Rudy Maxa’s World with the Carey’s, America’s #1 Travel Radio Show and as the cannoli expert in the documentary Cannoli, Traditions Around the Table. Scola has lectured about Sicily at University of Pennsylvania, The New School, LIU Post University, Queens College, Westchester Italian Cultural Center, at high schools in the New York City metropolitan area, and at events in New York City.
