Tag: catania
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She Gives Them Fever
Ever since I read “The Stone Boudoir” by Theresa Maggio, I’ve dreamed of going to la Festa di Sant’Agata in Catania. Maggio describes in detail the rituals of the event that is a combination of cultish religious devotion, prayer, folklore, fireworks, and culinary delights. The celebration is two nights and two days long, representing the…
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Keeping You Abreast
From February 3 to 5 the city of Catania is alive with passionate fervor as devotees celebrate their patron, Saint Agatha. These ricotta-filled pastry, pictured, called “minna di Sant’Aita” or Saint Agatha’s Breast represent Agatha, who is the patron saint of martyrs, bakers, earthquakes, wet nurses, and breast cancer patients. Her story starts in early…
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Hit and Myth
Galatea was a beautiful nymph with milky-white skin. A character in Greek Mythology, she was one of 50 sea nymphs called the Nereidi. Together, this clan of nymphs lived at the bottom of the sea and made it their business to assist the sailors on their journeys. Polyphemus, the cyclops who lived on a nearby…
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She’s Returned
Carmen Consoli is back on the scene. Today, the Catania native released her first album since 2010’s “Elettra,” ” “L’Abitudine di Tornare,” or “The Habit of Return.” If you are in Italy, you can purchase it right away. For those of us abroad, we’ll have to wait until January 27 for the import release–and then…
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Celebrating Ricotta? Count me in!
October in Sicily is packed with feasts and festivals celebrating local gastronomy. This weekend in Paternò on the southern slopes of Mount Etna, they are celebrating the 2nd annual Festival of Ricotta and Mostarda. Ricotta, pictured here, is a fresh cheese made with either sheep’s milk (most common in Sicily), cow’s milk, or goat’s milk.…
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One of Italy’s Finest from Sicily
Singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli performed in her hometown of Catania on July 26, 2003. I photographed this poster in Taormina, earlier that summer.
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A Virtuosic Son
You may know “Pasta alla Norma,” which is a pasta dish with eggplant, salted ricotta, and tomato sauce from the Sicilian province of Catania. What you may not know, is that it’s named for the opera “Norma” by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) who was born in Catania. Bellini left Sicily at 18 to study at the…
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If you thought this pastry looked like a breast, you were right. It’s called a “minna di St. Aita” or Saint Agatha’s Breast, and during the Feast of Saint Agatha that takes place annually in these first days of February, these are eaten with fervor in the city of Catania in honor of its patron…
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Ceramic Pots With Designs Typical Of Caltagirone
Ceramic pots with designs typical of Caltagirone. #caltagirone #catania #pottery #ceramics #ceramica #design #art #sicily #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #siciliaph #siciliafoto #igerssicilia #instasicilia #sicilytravel #experiencesicily #sicilytourism #ig_sicily