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  • Sambuca di Sicilia Real Estate And Pastry

    Everyone has been talking about Sambuca di Sicilia. In fact, so much so that the 1€ house offer was featured on the cover of The Wall Street Journal yesterday. It’s definitely a good deal. But enough about that! The real reason to move to Sambuca di Sicilia (other than the fact that it is beautiful)…

  • Sweet Smiles and Sweet Squash

    Meet Chef Antonino Elia and his new friend from Caruso Bar-Pasticceria in Sambuca di Sicilia. They are holding cucuzza, a type of squash that is in season now. Now, these cucuzza are particular because the Caruso family cultivates them to make the sweet paste that they use in their pastries, specifically the Minni di Virgini…

  • Sicily in Springtime

    Panorama from Sambuca di Sicilia (Agrigento Province) Photo Credit: Filippo Buttitta

  • A Hidden Corner of Sicily

    Courtyard, Sambuca di Sicilia (Agrigento Province)

  • Fifty Years Ago the Earth Shook

    Fifty years ago during the night of January 14 to 15, 1968 through subsequent days leading to early February 1968, a series of earthquakes rocked southwestern Sicily. The Valle del Belice and the people who called it home have not been the same since. Because it was before the Richter Scale measured tremors in Italy,…

  • Meet Me at the Enoteca

    An enoteca is a wine shop, where one samples wine that is served with the intention that you’ll purchase a few bottles. Often light snacks are served with the wine. This enoteca pictured is at Planeta’s Ulmo winery in Sambuca di Sicilia. Cin Cin!

  • Sambuca di Sicilia’s Virgin’s Breasts

    Last week in Sambuca di Sicilia I encountered these “Minna di Virgini,” or Breasts of the Virgin, pastry. When I saw them, I immediately knew this was something special. The Sambucese proudly confirmed that these breast-shaped, baked pastry with a well-pronounced nipple were created by the nuns of the Collegio di Maria in 1725 in…

  • Now He Knows

    What an eventful day! The best part however, was assisting Experience Sicily’s friend Tom research his heritage in his grandmother’s hometown of Sambuca di Sicilia. Within minutes of us arriving, the women of the Office of Vital Records were on the case, pulling out old books and sorting out possible relatives. We learned grandma’s birthday…