We spent a glorious day in Sant’Angelo Muxaro today with our host Val di Kam! What is in Sant’Angelo? you ask? The answer: Local people who want to share a few moments with you. Zio Lillo showed us his remarkable precepio; Maria and Angelo, the bakers, offered us their almond cookies, pane cunzato, and buccelatti cookies, and Olga proudly explained how her family raises sheep and makes pecorino, ricotta, and primo sale cheese. And then there was lunch at the vineyard…
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.
