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Squashes are considered a fruit and fall into two groups, summer and winter squash, depending on whether they are picked as immature fruit, making them summer squash or mature fruit which become winter squash. Both Summer and Winter squash can be f (read full article)
Panelle Panelle stands are as popular in Sicily as, hot dog stands, in the US. You can quickly grab a Panini and Panelle as you are walking down the street and hunger pain attacks. But sometimes you will grab a sandwich with panelle just because tha (read full article)
RIpienu di Cucuzza X X This story below was taken from a blog I found on the web, while looking for information on squash. Of course the site had nothing to do with the vegetable except that it is used in the contest of the proverb. “Falla comu v (read full article)
Paninu di Pollu X X I’m about 6 years old. My best friend is Loredana who lives in Rome but comes down to Sicily regularly with her parents to visit her grandparents who live on the floor below us. I also play with 2 other neighbor girls Rosa (read full article)
Carni ‘na griglia Summer days are great barbecue days. X Are American barbecuers spoiled? Having lived almost 40 years in the US of A, I include myself in this picture. X For the average American household barbecuing with coals seems to (read full article)
X A lovely routine before I turn 13 years of age. My parents and I walk on the edge of the water on weekends. It’s the place to go and meet friends and acquaintances in the warm months. The food vendors set up their stands there and entice the p (read full article)
X Mille Foglie is Italian for thousand leaves, generally referring to a puff pastry layered with a cream filling. Today many other versions have appeared including vegetable versions, and sometimes referred to lasagna. The other name used for Mille (read full article)
Pizza di Fungi X X More Pizza? X Hey I think we’re on to something! Pizza Sauces and Toppings, was probably my most popular post. So I need to deduce that lots of people love pizza. X Flavorful, versatile, inexpensive, fast, universal, kid frien (read full article)
Granita di Limuna X X X Before living in the US, air conditioning was a foreign word. I had lived without air conditioning and survived, just like every other Sicilian. My first 13 years of life in Sicily were experienced without it and we did n (read full article)
Tartufu di Gianduja X Making friends over the wall. A story about how to enrich and sweeten a friendship. X It’s the story of my neighbor and friend who I chat with, over my property wall, almost on a daily basis. Sometimes while we lean over (read full article)
Purpetti di Milanciana, Carcocciuli e Fungi X X I love eggplant, artichokes and mushrooms. My husband hates eggplant and artichokes, but likes mushrooms…Thank goodness! I think I have mentioned this before in one of my posts (read full article)
Ravioli di fungi My mom and I have been making homemade food goodies together since she moved to the US almost 20 years ago. We have canned tomatoes, canned caponata, preserved jams and marmalades, crushed green olives and jarred eggplants (read full article)
Risottu quattru culura Agrigento 1964 I remember having a family gathering at my uncle’s house with several families celebrating together. Please don’t ask what we were celebrating, because there were so many reasons to celebra (read full article)
‘Nzalata di Verdura Arrustuta This is a great summer salad. Of course, I eat it all year round here in Miami, and you can do the same if you serve it hot in the colder months. My recipe below is made by using a grill, but if, by any chance (read full article)
Cunzamu a Pizza Stop the pizza delivery man, for ever! Unless… it’s being delivered directly from Sicily. I am sure that if you try this homemade pizza you will never buy into any impersonator again. Although most of us think of pizza a (read full article)
Brodettu di Verdura cu Patati e Ovu Unbeknownst to me, until later in my life, my dad played a very important factor in the shaping of who I am today. He always encouraged the creative side in me. No matter what I created he would praise me an (read full article)
Purpetti di Riso Somehow I’m stuck with leftover white rice every time I make it. I hate to throw it out, but I’m not one to save food in the refrigerator hoping to use it the next day. Especially a meat dish, I never store it for more tha (read full article)
Purciddati These are my husband’s favorite cookies that my mother learned to make when days were less complicated, and people had more time to smell the flowers. My husband rants and raves about them to everyone. The crust is soft and crumbly an (read full article)
Brodu di Costu di Viteddu From 1970 to 1972 I lived in Palermo, Sicily. I attended an all girl boarding school, Educandato Maria Adelaide, where I lived with other fellow students and a group of women administrators which we called housemistres (read full article)
Brodu di pisci Tip: Whenever I filet my fish I use the skeleton to make soup so as not to waste anything. We Sicilians use fish soup as a curative food, just like Americans use chicken soup. Perhaps because fish is more plentiful on an Island, (read full article)
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