Tag: stirring Sicily
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Stirring Sicily, Day 4: Sweet Sensations from Favara
Today during our hands-on cooking class with GoSicily and Zest of Lititz, PA we are in the process of making the very characteristic Favara marzipan lambs, traditionally made for Easter in Sicily. Marzipan is almond paste (almonds and sugar). These are spectacular because in their center, they have sweet pistacchio paste as well. Che buonissimo!…
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Life is a Banquet
I’m getting ready to go to Sicily today … and this is what I’m thinking about: Banqueting! Stirring Sicily, our hands-on cooking experience starts in 12 hours! This late 6th century BC statuette of a banqueting figure on a bed is housed in Palermo’s Museo Archeologico Salinas. It was found in a Punic (AKA Carthaginian)…
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Sweet Anticipation
In anticipation of our September 2016 Stirring Sicily cooking experience, tonight, Nino Elia and I hosted a cooking class on cannoli and sfince di San Giuseppe at Zest!, a gourmet cooking store in Lititz, PA. We had a fantastic time, and valuable support from Gelsomino Imports and Zest!. Stirring Sicily, which is from 15 September…