Live from Sicily! Stirring Sicily, Day 6: A Day in the Mountains..Breathtaking views over Caccamo and Termini Imerese, a farm visit (tasting fresh ricotta out of the cauldron and tomatoes off the vine!), grilling up the freshest sausage you’ll ever taste (we watched (and helped!) the butcher make it, we bought it, we grilled it!),…
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Buona Pasquestta! Easter Monday
Pasquetta, or Easter Monday, is a day to celebrate spring’s arrival with good friends. At my cousin Evelina’s home two years ago, that meant firing up the outdoor grill and cooking a big feast featuring local sausages and other specialties. Buona festa!
The Joy of Sausage
This weekend in Petralia Sottana in the Madonie Mountains, the townspeople are celebrating the Festa dei Sapori Madoniti, a harvest festival celebrating the abundance of autumn from their mountain-driven agriculture. When talking about the Madonie Mountains, that means outstanding sausage. My cousin Salvo makes a regular pilgrimage from Bagheria (on the coast) to Caccamo or…