Tag: sicilian food
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Day 7 of 16 Days of Sicily | Hyper Regional Cuisines
Within Sicily there are different cuisines. So, until recently, you would not have found a dish like this one pictured of busiate pasta with red shrimp from Mazara del Vallo dusted with pistachios from Raffadali in Eastern Sicily because its ingredients are typical of Western Sicily. That fact is pretty neat! Couscous is another example…
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Santa Lucia in New York City 2022
The shadows come early these days in the northern hemisphere. Santa Lucia, illustrated in this 1526 Gagini statue from the Duomo of Siracusa, reminds us to follow the light. Join Experience Sicily in New York City on Sunday, December 11 to celebrate the Feast of Santa Lucia at Pasta Eater. Featuring guest Sicilian chef Giuseppe…
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Our Cannoli Weekend At Dancing Ewe Farm In Upstate New York
Thank you to Dancing Ewe Farm for hosting Experience Sicily this past weekend! 100 fresh, homemade (by yours truly… help with the rolling out and cutting the dough by Joe Ravo) cannoli stuffed with outstanding sheep’s milk ricotta cream from upstate New York! We’ll do it again next year so you will be able to…
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Cooking in Sicily With Experience Sicily in September 2020
Stirring Sicily, our Experience Sicily hands-on cooking experience has come to a close, but the memories continue! So much joy! Join me and Chef Nino Elia in 2020, from September 17-24. Learn more at https://experiencesicily.com/2020-tours-of-sicily/ and enjoy cooking in Sicily with us!
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Happy Tomato Season | Cart Driver’s Pesto Recipe
Happy tomato season! Did you know that you can make pesto with lots of different ingredients? Pesto means pressed. So don’t limit yourself to basil pesto! Another pesto that I love for this time of year, when fresh tomatoes are filling the bins of my farmer’s market, is pesto alla carrettiera, or the Cart Driver’s…
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First Course
Eggplant caponata and panelle (chickpea fritters) from Cacio e Vino restaurant
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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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Trapani’s Sea Wall
After you enjoy the selections at the 8th annual Stragusto International Street Food Festival for the next 4 days in Trapani, you’ll need a long walk along the old city’s lungomare, pictured here.
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Pasta from Scratch
Here’s a way you can really impress your friends: Invite them over for dinner and in front of their eyes, make pasta from scratch! Furthermore, you can say, “I learned how to do this from a local mamma in Sicily.” Oh, yeeeaaah. That’s right, we’ll spend the evening of Day 4 of Experience Sicily’s September…