Your table is ready for you. (Photo taken in the Sicani Mountains, north of Agrigento)
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Viva Santa Lucia! Join Tonight’s Online Celebration
Viva Santa Lucia! Join me online this evening at 7:30PM (Eastern) to celebrate the Feast of Santa Lucia. I’ll discuss the legends, traditions, and history of Saint Lucy, the patroness of light, eyes, and wheat. I will also sing the beloved song Santa Lucia live. Register at https://experiencesicily.com/santa-lucia-2021
Cannoli With Me
Last weekend was wall to wall cannoli! Saturday I spent the afternoon making cannoli for a private cannoli making class at the Parker family’s home in New Jersey. It was absolutely wonderful! We all had so much fun getting our hands in the dough and our faces filled with sweet ricotta cream! Sunday, I hosted…
An Update For Traveling To Italy: You Must Be Vaccinated
As of 30 August 2021, for U.S. citizens to enter and travel to Italy you must present upon departure from the United States [Source: https://infocovid.viaggiaresicuri.it/returningtoitaly.html%5D: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination certificate OR Certificate proving that you have recovered from COVID-19 in the last 6 months PLUS A negative test within 72 hours of departure PLUS Digital Passenger Locator…
Summer Sunset Facing Palermo
Evening light with fishing boat, near Palermo, Sicily (NB: We’ve posted our itinerary for September 2022’s Photography In Sicily tour, led by co-hosts Don Toothaker of Hunts Photo and Allison Scola of Experience Sicily. Only ten spots for this exclusive tour!)
Tonight! Let’s Dream of Traveling to Sicily Online Presentation
Amunì! Tonight at 7:30PM Eastern online Let’s Dream of Traveling to Sicily together! Reserve your complimentary spot at https://experiencesicily.com/travel-to-sicily-online-presentation-and-qa/ Discussion and get your Sicily travel questions answered!
Glorious Springtime View, Southeastern Sicily
A hidden corner of eastern Sicily in springtime View from Castelluccio, Noto, Sicily
Olive Oil And A Laugh
It snowed on Mount Etna yesterday (and there was some pyroclastic activity too)! So, Mamma may look like this photo from two years ago when Giò Buonanno of Azienda Brancati and I were on his olive and mandorin farm enjoying the views and a good laugh (He’s very entertaining!). Join in on our fun this Friday,…
Sfince Di San Giuseppe
For Saint Joseph’s Day, you’ll often hear people seeking zeppole. Zeppole are delicious and Napolitano (from Naples, Italy). So it is a different recipe than what Sicilians eat. Sfince, which are cream puffs slathered with cannoli cream and dressed with candied orange, candied cherry, and chocolate chips and/or pistachio dust, are Sicilian. So, when looking…