Chef Melissa Muller’s magnificent book, Sicily the Cookbook: Recipes Rooted in Traditions, is now available in book stores (Rizzoli). Melissa dedicated years to researching and absorbing Sicilian food culture. From wine grape varietals and cheese making techniques to the esoteric details of manna cultivation and ritual bread loaf shapes, she has composed a superb love…
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Our May Tour, Day 9: A Multi-sensory Experience
We’ll walk into the vines with the owner of Feudo Montoni vineyard on Day 9 of our Experience Sicily May 19-31 tour with Chef Melissa Muller. Fabio will explain to us his wine-making process, take us through the estate’s cantinas, and pair his different wine varietals with the food that we’ll be making with Chef…
Our May 2016 Tour, Day 9: Into the Heart of Sicily
On Day 9 of our May 2016 Experience Sicily tour, we’ll venture into the heart of Sicily for a day designed by Chef Melissa Muller. Melissa, who lives much of the year in Palermo, will take us into the fields where we’ll learn about what is in season, pick what is ready to be harvested,…
Our May 2016 Sicily Tour: Ortigia’s Mercato Antico
The Mercato Antico in Ortigia is one of Sicily’s most animated daily outdoor markets. Chef Melissa will be taking us through the stalls on the morning of Day 7 of our May 19-31, 2016 tour. While there, we’ll meet various merchants, learn about the various vegetables and fish in season, and enjoy a tasting lunch…
May 2016 Tour, Day 1: Scopello
Our Experience Sicily May 2016 small-group tour starts here at Scopello (Trapani Province), a charming fishing village with one of the most breathtaking panoramas you’ll ever see. Join me and chef Melissa Muller for an unforgettable 13 days immersed in Sicily’s rich culture and gastronomic delights! Full details at experiencesicily.com. Contact me today to join…
In the Mountains with Melissa Muller
The mountains of Sicily are extraordinary. The sea often takes center stage, but once you’ve spent time in the heart of Sicily, you’ll become a confused lover–mountains or sea? Sea or mountains? Today, Melissa Muller with whom we are hosting our May 19-31, 2016 tour, “Experience Sicily with Chef Melissa Muller,” and I spent a…
A Slow Taste of Sicily
Busiate pasta is particular to western Sicily, specifically Trapani province. It’s special because it’s made to look like ringlets and when it is made by hand, it is created by wrapping the dough around knitting needles. It’s traditionally served with Trapanese style pesto; that is, a pesto made with garlic, some basil, some tomatoes, olive…
Chef Melissa Muller Leads Us through Sicily
In Italy, and definitely in Sicily, citizens are most patriotic to the traditions and cultural practices followed within the sound of the church bell that they can hear, a concept called campanilismo. As a result, contrary to popular belief, only a handful places ritually eat seven kinds of fish on Christmas Eve. For example, in…