Experience Sicily

Category: Observations about Culture

  • House In Sant’Elia, Sicily

    Characteristic home, Sant’Elia (Palermo)

  • Salemi, Sicily Joins The One Euro Home Campaign

    Salemi, a town for which I have a strong affinity, joins the campaign to sell homes starting at 1€. Saint Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters (and homes, by association) is the town’s main protector. In my humble opinion, this is a fantastic opportunity for those of you who are interested in a real estate…

  • My Path To Italian Citizenship

    I’m on the way to becoming an Italian citizen! This morning I had my official interview to submit my documents for my application through my marriage. It was successful! My husband was recognized as a citizen at the end of 2018 after preparing his documents himself that proved his blood line. He is fortunate that…

  • Which Eggplant For Caponata

    Which eggplant is best to use for making Sicilian caponata the violet (left) or the dark purple (right)? You’ll learn this and more on Sunday, Oct. 25 when we make caponata during an online cooking class hosted by Experience Sicily. Our maestra, Annalisa of GoSicily Sicilian Cooking Experience, will be in her kitchen in Sicily,…

  • Learn To Make Caponata In Your Kitchen

    Next Sunday, Oct. 25 learn to make caponata online. Our guide, Annalisa, will be in her kitchen in Sicily, from where she’ll share her recipe and tips on how you too can create this classic Sicilian dish. I’ve enjoyed so much learning recipes from teachers like Annalisa, yet while in my own kitchen. I know…

  • Noticing Sicily

    I wonder who walked through this door each morning and evening?

  • I Am Italian American

    Happy Italian American Heritage Day! I am Italian American. There are myriad definitions and interpretations of what that means. For me, it means that I am American mixed with the culture that my grandparents brought from Sicily mixed with the sensibilities that my father took on as he grew up with two cultures in Brooklyn…

  • Reflecting On The Unconscious In Sicily

    Villa Palagonia or the “Villa of the Monsters,” built in the 18th century, was visited by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1787. He described it as a place filled with “elements of madness,” because to him, its decor was a grotesque expression of the unconscious (And he’s right!). Certainly, in the late 18th…

  • The Center Of Sicily

    The countryside of Sant’Angelo Muxaro in Agrigento Province offers breathtaking panoramas that will sweep you away. Better still are the interactions with the villagers that will warm your heart. (Where we would have been today #stunningsicily)