Tag: pane
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Fresh From the Oven: Baking Bread in Sicily
The Sicilian (or sicilianu) word for bread is pani. When you travel to Sicily you can learn how to bake traditional breads, like those in this bread basket during a hands-on cooking class.
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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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Your Bread Tells a Story
Bread is a complex subject. Not only in Sicily, but around the world. But here, I’m just going to focus on Sicily. Along with my client Norman, when we traveled together for Enchanting Sicily 2015, we had a running commentary about the different style of breads from town to town within Sicily. The texture, the…
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Savoring Sicily, Day 3: Bread and Cheese Fill Us with Joy
We started Day 3 of our Savoring Sicily tour with a visit to a cheese farm where we ate vastedda DOP cheese as they were making it (Same farm as the other day. I can’t say enough about our hosts Salvatore and Baldo!). Vastedda is like mozzarella, but made with sheep’s milk and a slightly…
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Stirring Sicily, Day 6: Hands-on Bread making
We are about to sit in the orchard and eat the fruits of our third Stirring Sicily class today: hands-on bread making! This is truly a marvelous experience… Cooking fresh, savory breads in a wood-burning (olive branches and sage are our kindling!) oven. I wish you could smell it. We are in heaven at Fontes…
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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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Daily Bread
For Sicilians, a daily ritual is going to the panificio (a bakery) or the fornaio (a bakery with a serious oven) to purchase your bread for lunch and/or dinner. There’s nothing like fresh bread — like this batch I photographed in Bagheria. Mmmm….