Category: Food/Cuisine
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Synchronous Online Olive Oil Tasting
Olive oil from the shadow of Mount Etna! Join Experience Sicily with Giò Buonanno of Azienda Brancati for an online, synchronous olive oil tasting and discussion Friday, March 26 at 5PM Eastern. You’ll learn what makes an excellent olive oil, how olives are cultivated for oil, how the fruit is pressed into the evoo we…
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The Staff, Wreath, And Palm: Ritual Bread For Saint Joseph’s Day
Join me to recognize St. Joseph’s Day on Thursday, March 18 at 8PM Eastern. Register at https://experiencesicily.com/st-josephs-day-online/ You’ll learn more about the feast. Such as, on traditional St. Joseph’s Day altars or le tavolate di San Giuseppe, you will see these three types of loaves pictured. On the left is the staff (vastuni), which represents…
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Foraging For Wild Fennel In Sicily
‘Tis the season for foraging wild fennel in Sicily. Not to be confused with the bulb fennel we have in our supermarkets in the United States, wild fennel is mostly fronds (the fern-like leaves), and it contains the best flavor when it is young. One finds wild fennel in the mountains and countryside. A keen…
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Meet The Ladies Of Girgenti
These ladies are a rare breed of goat that is distinguished by its spiral, tall horns and long hair. Called capra girgentana, this species is valuable for its milk that possesses an equal amount of fat to protein. The name girgentana recalls the old Sicilian name of the city of Agrigento, Girgenti. During the mid-twentieth…
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It’s Lemon Season In Sicily
Lemons
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From Bawdy To Fancy: Chiacchiere Di Carnevale
Similar to the fried dough Americans consume at Italian-American street festivals, chiacchiere di Carnevale, pictured, are a crunchy, sweet, fried dough garnished with powdered sugar.
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Make Cannoli With Me Online
Let’s Make Cannoli from Scratch!Sunday, February 7 at Noon (Eastern) on ZoomLearn more at link athttps://experiencesicily.com/cannoli-making-zoom-workshop/ Carnevale is upon us, and to help us celebrate, since we can’t be incognito, frolicking out on the streets, I thought we could enjoy making cannoli together from my kitchen to yours. I hope you’ll join me for a…
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Sicily Is In An Orange Zone
Sicily is currently at the height of its orange producing season, when many different varieties of this beloved citrus fruit are sweet, juicy, and ready to be eaten right from the millions of trees throughout the island. In addition, importantly, Sicilians have reason to celebrate. Today the region moved from being designated a “Red Zone,”…
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Sunday, Feb. 7, Let’s Make Cannoli From Scratch!
Let’s make cannoli from scratch!Sunday, February 7 at Noon (Eastern) on Zoom Learn more and register at:https://experiencesicily.com/cannoli-making-zoom-workshop/ Carnevale is upon us, and to help us celebrate, since we can’t be incognito, frolicking out on the streets, I thought we could enjoy making cannoli together from my kitchen to yours. I hope you’ll join me for…