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  • Let’s Have A Ball On Sunday

    Sunday in NYC: Let’s eat rice balls!! Santa Lucia is the patron saint of grain, and as a result, arancine, or rice balls, are a significant element to celebrating the Feast of Santa Lucia. So much so, that in Palermo, her feast day is also the Sagra delle Arancine. Why rice balls (pictured)? To commemorate…

  • Celebrate Saint Lucy In New York City

    Now that the clocks have changed and the daylight is growing shorter here in the northeastern United States, I turn to Santa Lucia or Saint Lucy, the patron saint of light, to guide me. Her official feast day is December 13, which, before the change to the Gregorio calendar, was the date of the winter…

  • Thank You For Celebrating St. Joseph’s Day With Us!

    My heart is full after a joyful celebration for Saint Joseph’s Day yesterday Cacio e Vino. Thank you to all of you who came and made it wonderful! And thank you to the staff of Cacio e Vino! W San Giuseppe!

  • Sicily’s Patron, Saint Joseph

    Viva San Giuseppe! Happy Saint Joseph’s Day! (Altar of Saint Joseph photographed in my grandfather’s home village, Porticello, Sicily.) REGISTER TODAY for our Experience Sicily luncheon Cacio e Vino on Sunday, March 24. Details at: https://experiencesicily.com/saint-josephs-day-in-new-york-city/

  • Saint Joseph’s Day At Cacio e Vino in New York City

    Next Sunday, March 24 at 2PM, Experience Sicily will be hosting Celebrate St. Joseph’s Day in New York City at Cacio e Vino in New York City. This annual event will warm your heart, so much so, that together our collective heat will launch spring’s arrival! Saint Joseph protects us throughout the year, bringing abundance…

  • Saint Joseph And Homemaking

    Many know San Giuseppe because it’s said that if you are hoping to sell your house, you should bury a statue of Saint Joseph upside down somewhere in your yard. Well, as a city-dweller looking to purchase a home, three years ago, I put my statue of Saint Joseph on the credenza in my living…

  • St. Joseph’s Pastry

    For many, what they associate most with Saint Joseph’s Day (March 19) is the sweet sfince di San Giuseppe. Sfinci are fried cream puffs served hot with a dusting of cinnamon, confectioner’s sugar, and honey, or, like those pictured, cold and open-faced with a smear of sweet ricotta cream and decorated with candied orange and…

  • Preparing For Saint Joseph’s Day

    We had a wonderful afternoon preparing for Saint Joseph’s Day. Many beautiful loaves were made for our tavola di San Giuseppe (altar)! Join us at Cacio e Vino on Sunday, March 24 for the annual community luncheon to see them up close and welcome spring’s arrival. Reserve your spot at https://experiencesicily.com/events/saint-josephs-day-in-new-york-city Thank you to the…

  • Flowers For Saint Joseph’s Day From Salemi, Sicily

    Thank you to Visit Borgo Salemi for this beautiful photo! Tomorrow in New York City we’ll be (attempting) to make beautiful creations like this in preparation for our feast for St. Joseph’s Day. Join me, Allison Scola of Experience Sicily, at Cacio e Vino at 2pm for a bread making workshop where we’ll get our…