Live from Sicily! Doing more research today! Fresh pasta and cannoli class with Mamma Corleone and our clients in Palermo. Wow! What fun… And man, am I full! Buona cena!
Category: Food/Cuisine
Perfect Pasta By Giuseppe in Sicily
Last night we had dinner in the hills of Termini Imerese with Chef Giuseppe Sciurca who made this remarkable plate of pasta. Remarkable because it was delicious and the result of an elegant recipe: perfectly al dente spaghetti with a pesto of garlic, mint, zucchini (cucuzza), red pepper flakes, olive oil, salt and pepper. I…
Reflecting on Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below
Live from Sicily! Reflecting on Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below. What a joy it was to co-host this spiritual journey with wellness practitioner Tony Allicino! From experiencing The Trojan Women in Siracusa’s Teatro Antico to inhaling the sky at the Teatro Andromeda in Santo Stefano Quisquina to infusing our prayers into our…
Day 12 of Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below | Transformation
Live from Sicily! Day 12 of Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below | Transformation. The town of Salemi (led by Visit Borgo Salemi) displayed to us its rich culture of ritual bread making for San Giuseppe. The Azienda Cucchiara served us an outstanding lunch of products from their farm, including the freshest cannoli…
Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: Day 5
Live from Sicily! Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below | Day 5. Moving across the island, we enjoyed lunch in a family-run tratorria, were amazed by the mosaics in the Villa Romana del Casale, and ended the day with music and dancing with the waves of the Mediterranean roaring in the distance.
Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: Day 3
Live from Sicily! Day 3 of Experience Sicily Myths and Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below. Free time, a visit to the ancient Jewish baths (Mikveh) where we read the Kaddish for those who left this place in 1492 and 1493 during the beginning of the Spanish Inquisition, and then a cooking experience with Alessia…
Dear Mamma Etna
Mount Etna, one year ago, from a pistachio farm in Bronte, the city of pistachios… The locals call her Mamma Etna.
You’ll Want To Kiss A Fisherman
When traveling to Sicily, I ask that you challenge your ideas about fish. Fish in North America, and certainly the canned and frozen kind, are not like the fresh fish you find in the markets and in restaurants in Sicily. In fact, they have many different kinds of fish that we never see on our…
400 Stations And Counting
My friends Robert and Mary Carey at RMWorldTravel with Robert & Mary Carey and Rudy Maxa are celebrating that their program is now broadcasting on more than 400 radio stations in the United States. That’s pretty neat! Check out the show at https://rmworldtravel.com/ You can also hear it on TuneIn.com. In 2017, when they wanted…
Sicily’s Cake: Cassata
There is much debate about the origins of cassata cake, but one thing is clear: it is as elaborate as the Baroque architecture one finds throughout Sicily–and it is as decadent. So much so, that until the mid-20th century, cassata was only eaten by the masses on Easter Sunday. Cassata is made up of sponge…