Tag: online cooking class
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Celebrate Santa Lucia Online With Us Sunday
Sunday, join us for Santa Lucia! At the dawn of the 4th century, practicing Christianity in the Roman-ruled city of Siracusa was illegal. Already though, inspired by nearby Catania’s Patron Saint, Sant’Agata, who lived just a few decades before (from 231 AD – 251 AD), the young and beautiful Lucia devoted herself to the new…
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Start Making Your Cuccìa For Santa Lucia Now
Sunday, Dec. 13 is the Feast of Santa Lucia. For those who wish to make cuccìa (pictured) with Alessia of Smile and Food during our online feast event (Details and registration at https://experiencesicily.com/santa-lucia-2020/ ), you should start planning now. Your farro (wheat berries) need to soak in water for 72 hours (and change the water…
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Learn To Make Rice Balls For Santa Lucia
Let’s make arancini next Sunday for Santa Lucia! Although we can’t meet in person to celebrate la Festa di Santa Lucia this year, we can meet online! Together with my friend and colleague in Sicily, Alessia of Smile and Food, we’ll be teaching you how to make rice balls (Arancini) and cuccia (sweet farro traditionally…
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A Sicily-inspired Gift Idea: A Sicilian Cooking Box
I learned how to make this zucchini tart (which I made for our Thanksgiving table) from Annalisa of GoSicily Sicilian Cooking Experiences. You and your loved ones can learn from Annalisa too through the GoSicily Sicilian Culinary Experience in a Box that’s filled with artisanal ingredients from Sicily and comes with online tutorials with Annalisa…
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It’s Lunch Time. I Want Caponata.
It’s lunch time. All I can think about is Annalisa’s caponata and the fabulous table she sets for our guests during our GoSicily experiences. Join Experience Sicily on Sunday, Oct. 25 to learn to make caponata online from her kitchen to yours. More details and register at https://experiencesicily.com/learn-to-make-caponata/
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Which Eggplant For Caponata
Which eggplant is best to use for making Sicilian caponata the violet (left) or the dark purple (right)? You’ll learn this and more on Sunday, Oct. 25 when we make caponata during an online cooking class hosted by Experience Sicily. Our maestra, Annalisa of GoSicily Sicilian Cooking Experience, will be in her kitchen in Sicily,…
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Learn To Make Caponata In Your Kitchen
Next Sunday, Oct. 25 learn to make caponata online. Our guide, Annalisa, will be in her kitchen in Sicily, from where she’ll share her recipe and tips on how you too can create this classic Sicilian dish. I’ve enjoyed so much learning recipes from teachers like Annalisa, yet while in my own kitchen. I know…
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Learn To Make Caponata Online October 25
Caponata is to Sicilians what salsa is to Mexicans. Eggplant, one of the traditional base ingredients of caponata is to Sicilians what potatoes are to Irish. This consumate Sicilian dish is a foundation of Sicilian cuisine. It is present on almost every table, and its sweet and sour taste reflects Sicily’s complex society and culture.…