I’m thrilled to have been quoted in today’s Boston Globe about travel. “The key here is not to lose people’s interest,” said owner Allison Scola. Experience Sicily has offered online pasta-making workshops and a virtual chocolate tasting. YES! In fact, today, join us for an online cooking class featuring caponata, the classic Sicilian dish that…
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It’s Lunch Time. I Want Caponata.
It’s lunch time. All I can think about is Annalisa’s caponata and the fabulous table she sets for our guests during our GoSicily experiences. Join Experience Sicily on Sunday, Oct. 25 to learn to make caponata online from her kitchen to yours. More details and register at https://experiencesicily.com/learn-to-make-caponata/
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…
Learn To Make Caponata Online October 25
Caponata is to Sicilians what salsa is to Mexicans. Eggplant, one of the traditional base ingredients of caponata is to Sicilians what potatoes are to Irish. This consumate Sicilian dish is a foundation of Sicilian cuisine. It is present on almost every table, and its sweet and sour taste reflects Sicily’s complex society and culture….
Share Caponata During Sicily On Long Island
We’ll start our Sicily on Long Island luncheon on Sunday with caponata. Caponata is a traditional starter or side featuring Sicily’s sweet and sour flavors known as agrodolce. Usually with an eggplant base, it’s a combination of tomatoes, celery, capers, olives, onions, raisins, pine nuts (this one has some peppers), vinegar, and sugar… And oh,…
The Joys Of The Sea Of Sicily, Stirring Sicily | Day 4
Live from Sicily! Day 4 of Experience Sicily Stirring Sicily tour… A day in nature. Oh, the joy of being on the sea! Snorkeling, swimming, feeling the wind in our hair, taking in the coastline of Capo Zafferano and Mongerbino with Vincenzo Lanzafame’s Team Shark. Then seafood dinner at Scarù in Porticello with the freshest…
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…
First Course
Eggplant caponata and panelle (chickpea fritters) from Cacio e Vino restaurant
Sour and Sweet
Caponata, pictured, is to Sicilians as salsa is to Mexicans: you’ll find it on almost every table. It is a cornerstone of Sicilian cuisine, and its agrodolce flavor is a reflection of life in Sicily – – sour and sweet at once. No two caponata recipes are the same. This one, probably the most traditional,…