Annalisa Pompeo, the founder of GoSicily Sicilian Cooking Experience, is a force of nature. When you arrive in Favara, her hometown outside of Agrigento, she’ll greet you with a knowing smile and a recipe up her sleeve. When I say recipe, I am not only talking about one meant to make a delectable Sicilian dish, but…
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Make Cannoli With Me Online
Let’s Make Cannoli from Scratch!Sunday, February 7 at Noon (Eastern) on ZoomLearn more at link athttps://experiencesicily.com/cannoli-making-zoom-workshop/ Carnevale is upon us, and to help us celebrate, since we can’t be incognito, frolicking out on the streets, I thought we could enjoy making cannoli together from my kitchen to yours. I hope you’ll join me for a…
Sunday, Feb. 7, Let’s Make Cannoli From Scratch!
Let’s make cannoli from scratch!Sunday, February 7 at Noon (Eastern) on Zoom Learn more and register at:https://experiencesicily.com/cannoli-making-zoom-workshop/ Carnevale is upon us, and to help us celebrate, since we can’t be incognito, frolicking out on the streets, I thought we could enjoy making cannoli together from my kitchen to yours. I hope you’ll join me for…
Full Of Fresh Pasta And Love
I am full with fresh pasta and love! Thank you to the wonderful group who learned to make pistachio pesto with me this evening! Buon appetito! More Experience Sicily online events to come.
Learn To Make Sicilian Pistachio Pesto And More
The glory of Sicilian cuisine is its simplicity and use of fresh, seasonal ingredients. Pistachio pesto offers you that and more! Your taste buds will dance. You’ll impress your friends. Join me this Saturday for Learn to Make Pistachio Pesto, Cavatelli Pasta, and Sicilian Orange Salad! Register at https://experiencesicily.com/events/online-sicily-events/pistachio-pesto-pasta/
Sicily’s Inspired Pistachio Pesto
Etna erupted last night! (NB This is an old photo.) Here she is from Bronte on the western slope with glorious pistachio trees in the foreground. Pistachios love the mineral and saline rich volcanic soil of Mamma Etna. It makes them taste so good! That’s why Sicilians invented pistachio pesto to go on pasta! Learn…
Let’s Make Pistachio Pesto Together Online
Next Saturday, Learn to Make Pistachio Pesto, Cavatelli Pasta, and Sicilian Orange Salad online! Pistachio nuts (which are actually seeds) come from a tree that was brought to Italy from Syria during ancient Roman times. The trees, which have the peak production of their fruit at about 20 years of age, like dry climates with…
Culinary Experience In A Box
We’ve partnered with GoSicily Sicilian Cooking Experience. Gift idea! Check out the culinary experience in a Box!
Thank You Alessia! Viva Santa Lucia!
We had a wonderful online celebration for the Feast of Santa Lucia today! Thanks to Alessia Liistro of Smile and Food for teaching us your arancini and cuccìa recipes from your kitchen in Siracusa! Viva Santa Lucia patroness of light, eyes, wheat, grains, and the harvest!
Santa Lucia Answered Their Prayers
Today we’ll make rice balls and cuccìa at noon (eastern time) for Santa Lucia. Details at https://experiencesicily.com/santa-lucia-2020/ In the days leading up to the Feast of Santa Lucia, December 13, many Sicilians refrain from eating pasta and only eat un-ground wheat grain, or “farro,” that is prepared as a dish called cuccìa. Devotees observe this ritual…