Tag: marsala
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Don’t Take It With A Grain Of Salt
Meanwhile on Allison’s Secret Sicily tour earlier this month… during our visit to Trapani’s Salt Museum and the region’s salt pans, we learned how arduous collecting salt is and about the many ups and downs of the economics of the industry over the centuries. It is a fascinating history and a beautiful site to see.…
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Our May 2016 Tour, Day 2: Western Sicily Surprises
Couscous will take center stage on the evening of Day 2 of our May 2016 Experience Sicily tour. Eolo Seasonal Sicilian Kitchen Chef Melissa Muller will introduce us to her colleague at a Marsala trattoria where we will see a demonstration of how this Sicilian dish (Yes, Sicilian!) is made and then we’ll enjoy it…
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Our May Tour, Day 2: Capture the Wind
Along Sicily’s west coast from Trapani in the north through Marsala in the south, harvesting salt has been a leading industry since Phonetician times (that is, from around the 8th century BC). Windmills, like the one pictured, although no longer used to grind the harvested salt, still dot the picturesque coastline. During the afternoon of…
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The Flowers, the Shade, and the Sea Foam Door
Old door, photographed near Marsala.
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“Pip” Whitaker
On the island of Mozia, off of Marsala, is the G. Whitaker Museum, named for Giuseppe, or Joseph Whitaker (1850-1936), who was affectionately known as “Pip.” Pip was the son of Joseph Whitaker, Senior, an entrepreneur from West Yorkshire, England. The Whitakers, like their industrious counterparts the Woodhouses, Hopps, Inghams, and Pynes, came to Sicily…
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Prime Real Estate
A view of the island of Mozia from a distance. Mozia (or Motya) was one of the three major settlements in Sicily of the Phoenicians between the 8th and 7th centuries BC along with Solunto and Panormos (Palermo).