What a heartwarming and engaging day we had at Babylon Mercantile & Cookshop with GoSicily Sicilian Cooking Experience! Thank you to both of these outstanding colleagues for co-hosting this Experience Sicily celebration for Saint Joseph with me! This is always a very special feast for me that marks renewal and thanksgiving. Sharing it this way…
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St. Joseph’s Pastry
For many, what they associate most with Saint Joseph’s Day (March 19) is the sweet sfince di San Giuseppe. Sfinci are fried cream puffs served hot with a dusting of cinnamon, confectioner’s sugar, and honey, or, like those pictured, cold and open-faced with a smear of sweet ricotta cream and decorated with candied orange and…
Joy From Saint Joseph
Thank you to everyone who came to our St. Joseph’s Day celebration this afternoon! And thank you to Cacio e Vino restaurant for being such fabulous hosts. It was pure joy. A glimpse of our altar… Viva San Giuseppe!
Beloved Sfinci di San Giuseppe
Probably the most famous food associated with Saint Joseph’s Day, which is March 19, are Sfinci di San Giuseppe. I photographed these in Sicily–not an easy item to find if they aren’t “in season.” Sfinci are fried cream puffs, served hot with a dusting of cinnamon, confectioner’s sugar, and honey, or cold and open-faced with…
Giving Thanks on St. Joseph’s Day
Saint Joseph’s Day is a communal holiday. In addition to the altars created, which are an exhibition of abundance and a dialogue with God, local specialties are prepared and shared with members of the community, more specifically with hungry and poor citizens of the town. In addition to macco (the fava bean soup I wrote…
Let’s Talk about Sfinci
Saint Joseph’s Day, which is on March 19, is a complex feast day with many traditions based upon the concept of thanksgiving. You can read my detailed article about it on The Inquisitive Eater at http://ow.ly/uuAuT. But let’s cut to the chase: we all really want to know about dessert, right? That’s where sfince di…
St. Joseph’s Day Sfinci
St. Joseph’s Day is about thanksgiving and abundance, but for many of us, the sfinci or spinci are the highlight of the feast. Sfinci are sponge-like (The name probably originates from the ancient Greek word for sponge.), fried cream puffs served hot with a dusting of cinnamon, confectioner’s sugar, and honey… or like these pictured,…