Tag: market
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Eat your greens!
Sicilians and Italians when they are the chief homemakers, generally shop daily (or utilize their own gardens’ bounty) to determine what they’ll cook that day. This is why everything tastes so good! An example is this beautiful, fresh cabbage seen at Ballerò street market in Palermo.
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Gigantic Green Beans?
This long, light green summer vegetable is a type of zucchini squash that is very typical of Sicily. Sicilians call it “cucuzza longa.” They cut it up and fry it with breadcrumbs. They make a light pasta sauce with onions, tomatoes, and potatoes with it. They make soups with it. And they also make a…
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Irish: Potato, Sicilians: Eggplant
These “tunisine” eggplant are from Palermo’s historic Ballaro’ open-air market. Eggplant is a staple in Sicilian cuisine. The Irish have potatoes; Sicilians have eggplant, or “melanzane.” These, a breed that originated in Tunisia, are perfect for eggplant “alla parmigiana.”
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La Vucciria Painting by Renato Guttuso
Renato Guttuso painted scenes of his homeland, like this one of Palermo’s famous market, La Vucciria, from 1974.