Day 3: Stirring Sicily East Live

LIVE Day 3: Experience Sicily’s Stirring Sicily East tour with Zest! (of Lititz, Penn.) and Chef Nino Elia.

There are many ways to travel. The first word is to have an open heart. The second, is to travel through a passion you possess. Today, during our cooking and wine tour, led by local mamma Alessia of Smile and Food, we tasted local products in Ortigia’s Mercato Antico, where we witnessed a typical Saturday. Afterwards, we entered a palazzo, where, in its kitchen, through a hands-on cooking experience, we made rice balls (arancini) and stuffed saber fish (involtini), and we learned the art of peeling a prickly pear (fichi d’india)–just like Alessia’s grandma taught her.

These seemingly normal activities are inspirational for us travelers, who are keen to experience Sicily through the eyes of Sicilians.

Join us next year, for Stirring Sicily West, and you can too!

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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.

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