Tag: cake
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Love + Ricotta + Nutella = Buona San Valentino
A ricotta and Nutella cake for Valentine’s Day? Yes, please! TIP: In Sicily, you will find some of the most exquisite works of art at the pasticceria in the cake case. Happy Valentine’s Day! Buona Festa di San Valentino!
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Day 8 of Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below, The Four Elements
Live from Sicily! Day 8 of Experience Sicily Myths & Mysteries of Sicily: As Above/So Below with Tony Allicino. The amazing Teatro Andromeda of artist Lorenzo Reina was the stage for our exploration of the four elements: earth, fire, air, and water. Thank you to Pierfilippo Spoto of Val di kam for helping us plan…
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Sicily’s Cake: Cassata
There is much debate about the origins of cassata cake, but one thing is clear: it is as elaborate as the Baroque architecture one finds throughout Sicily–and it is as decadent. So much so, that until the mid-20th century, cassata was only eaten by the masses on Easter Sunday. Cassata is made up of sponge…
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Local Flavor
This cake, or should we say, work of art!, is from Antica Dolceria dell’Etna in the town of Zafferana Etnea. This Sunday, in Zafferana Etnea, they are celebrating what we might call Octoberfest. They call it Ottobrata, and tomorrow, the fourth Sunday of the annual fall harvest festival, will focus on mushrooms. Right now, for…
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Best Wishes! Auguri! Happy Independence Day USA!
Auguri! Happy Independence Day USA!
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Pasquetta and Cassata
Pasquetta, or Easter Monday, is a day to celebrate spring’s arrival with good friends. Social gatherings in Sicily almost always involve sharing a meal, and most meals are followed by sweets. Cassata cake (picture) is one of those sweets that can be found throughout the island. In the past, cassata used to be associated with…
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Here Comes the Cassata
There is much debate about the origins of cassata cake, but one thing is clear: it is as elaborate as the Baroque architecture one finds throughout Sicily–and it is as decadent. So much so, that until the mid-20th century, cassata was only eaten by the masses on Easter Sunday. Cassata is made up of sponge…
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Modern Art
Pistachio cake, Pasticceria Don Gino (Bagheria) (This post has been corrected. I originally attributed the cake to a shop in Cefalù.)
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