Tag: festa di san giuseppe
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Hands-on For Joseph
We had a fantastic afternoon making bread loaves for St. Joseph’s Day! Thank you to Cacio e Vino for hosting us, and thanks to everyone who attended! Now, join us next Sunday, March 19 in NYC at Cacio e Vino for our Prix-fixe lunch to celebrate St. Joseph’s Day! Full menu featuring traditional feast cuisine,…
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Time To Make The Loaves: Join Me on Sunday
This beautiful wreath is part of an altar in Salemi, Sicily that was made for St. Joseph’s Day. Let’s make something similar together! Join me on Sun. March 12 and Sun. March 19 in New York City for two events celebrating one of Sicily’s most important holidays, St. Joseph’s Day. SUN., MAR. 12, 2PM: Hands-on…
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Time To Make The Loaves: Join Me on Sunday
This beautiful wreath is part of an altar in Salemi, Sicily that was made for St. Joseph’s Day. Let’s make something similar together! Join me on Sun. March 12 and Sun. March 19 in New York City for two events celebrating one of Sicily’s most important holidays, St. Joseph’s Day. SUN., MAR. 12, 2PM: Hands-on…
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Break Bread with Me
Sicily’s folk traditions are fascinating and sacred. On Day 3 of September’s Savoring Sicily tour, in Salemi, we’ll learn about ritual bread-making across the island. We’ll get up close and personal with a few loaves and learn about their significance. Why a hammer? Why a ladder? Why flowers? Why do Sicilian’s bake bread as an…
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Our May Tour, Day 2: Bread Rituals
The ritual of bread making will be the focus of the morning of Day 2 of our Experience Sicily with Chef Melissa Muller tour May 19-31, 2016. Ritual bread making pervades the island of Sicily and is practiced in honor of various saints, the most renowned of which is Saint Joseph or San Giuseppe. For…
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Patron Saint of Fathers and Carpenters
March 19 is the Festa di San Giuseppe or Saint Joseph’s Day. Legend is that in Sicily and southern Italy during the 10th century, a drought caused a severe famine. The faithful prayed to Saint Joseph to bring rain, and in return, they promised to hold a feast in his honor. Rain and recovery from…
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St. Joseph’s Day Sfinci
St. Joseph’s Day is about thanksgiving and abundance, but for many of us, the sfinci or spinci are the highlight of the feast. Sfinci are sponge-like (The name probably originates from the ancient Greek word for sponge.), fried cream puffs served hot with a dusting of cinnamon, confectioner’s sugar, and honey… or like these pictured,…
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Loaves for Gratitude
As an act of prayer, Saint Joseph’s Day altars are donned with intricate loaves, many shaped as carpentry tools such as ladders, hammers, and pliers, as a nod to Joseph’s occupation as a carpenter. Others, shaped like animals, represent the onset of spring and fertility. Learn more about La Festa di San Giuseppe at The Inquisitive Eater.…
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Loaves for Thanksgiving
This photo of a St. Joseph’s Day (or Festa di San Giuseppe) altar is by Salvatore Farina. It was taken in the town of Salemi which is renowned for its “tavolate” of bread and other foods particular to celebrating this very important Sicilian feast that takes place annually on March 19. I’ve written about it…