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  • 52 Reasons to Love Sicily | #4. Sicilians

    Riccardo, her son, had just showed me around the bed and breakfast that they operate upstairs from the kitchen where we are in the photo. Paolo, a good friend, brought with him to share his pecorino (sheep) cheeses with pistachio and saffron, but not only. Knowing about my passion for cannoli (Thanks to Pierfilippo and…

  • 52 Reasons to Love Sicily | #3. Palermo Goes To 11

    Then there are ancient sites next to psychodelic baroque (Chiesa di Santa Caterina and Casa Professa, to name just two mind-blowing experiences!) next to Arab-Norman style architecture, next to Liberty Style… Oh, and royal palaces! Check out these mosaic-tiled lions (pictured) in the chambers of Roger II from the 12th century. And don’t forget Castello…

  • 52 Reasons To Love Sicily | #2. Take The Train

    (Pictured: The duomo of Cefalù, one of the UNESCO sites of the Arab-Norman Patrimony of Sicily.) Cefalù, Palermo Province  

  • 52 Reasons To Love Sicily | #1. Green Hillsides

    From January to early May, Sicily’s hillsides and mountainsides are emerald green with waves of growing grain, fuschia with sweet Mediterranean clover (ask the sheep!), and golden with sinapis alba (white mustard) flowers. Palma di Montechiaro, Agrigento Province

  • “Cannoli Connoisseur” In New Jersey Monthly Magazine

    Thank you to writer Sharon M. Goldman and photographer Marla Cohen for the beautiful piece in the April 2021 issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine about my cannoli endeavors! Read the story online at https://digital.njmonthly.com/njmonthly/april_2021/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1669987&app=false&cmsId=3898318&fbclid=IwAR1GNTYh4v-4tABuqfMpujQxyMNQTgoOs4MOdJOxZbgvyvFnLsE5LeF0ITU#articleId1669987. Join me for my next online cannoli class on April 25. More details at https://experiencesicily.com/cannoli-making-zoom-workshop/ The Cannoli Crawl will resume…

  • Happy Easter! Buona Pasqua! From Experience Sicily

    Happy Easter! Buona Pasqua! May the light of spring bring peace and joy to your heart!

  • Holy Week In Caltanissetta, Sicily

    If all goes well, Experience Sicily will be in Caltanissetta in 2022 for the city’s famed Holy Week. We’ll be hosted by local, expert guide Alice Bifarella for an extraordinary Easter themed tour. Tour details TBA… In the meantime, learn more about why Good Friday is extraordinary in this central Sicilian city, whose Cathedral is…

  • The Sicily Episode Of Stanley Tucci Searching For Italy On CNN

    “It’s not what I expected. It’s kind of a revelation,” says Stanley Tucci while standing in the middle of Palermo’s historic center during the Sicily “Searching for Italy” episode. And this, sums up my thoughts about the show. He had no idea how amazing, in the truest sense of the word, Sicily is. Americans and…

  • Glorious Springtime View, Southeastern Sicily

    A hidden corner of eastern Sicily in springtime View from Castelluccio, Noto, Sicily