Tag: sicilian cuisine
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Wine Lovers Take Note! Special Co-host to Join Stirring Sicily Late August Tour
Experience Sicily is pleased to announce that Benjamin North Spencer, author of The New Wines of Mount Etna and Director of Etna Wine School, will be joining our small-group cooking and wine tour, Stirring Sicily, this August 28 to September 4 as a special co-host. Bringing his profound knowledge of Sicilian wines and experience…
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Rooted In Tradition
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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Cazzilli: If Panelle Had Siblings
If panelle (chickpea fritters, a specialty of Palermo) had siblings, cazzilli would be panelle’s brothers and sisters. Cazzilli are potato croquettes. They fall into the street-food category of Palermitano cuisine. You can eat them with your fingers or together with panelle, they are often paired inside a sesame seed bun sprinkled with lemon juice and…