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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)
The scientific name for garlic is “Allium Sativum”. This incredible seasoning is guaranteed to transform any meal from plain into a bold and aromatic dish. Closely related to the onion, leek, chive and shallot. Garlic is used worldwide from on (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)
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)
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)
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)
Tortini di Carangidi(sauru) I Sit at my dock, on a beautiful late morning. Bright and softly breezy, with feathery white clouds over a beautiful striking blue sky, and a sun that peaks intensely through from cloud to cloud, while the wind car (read full article)
Minestra di Pummadoru e Verdura For a 5 year old a mystery is magic! That is how it was for me that beautiful sunny morning when my parents woke me from my sleep and announced that something was waiting for me and all I had to do was to find what (read full article)
Cucuzzi fritti Sicilians eat very little dark meat. Sicily is an arid island, we don’t have much in the way of pastures. Cows are raised primarily for lactation, and production of cheese. Most meat is imported, except for chicken, goat, rab (read full article)
Purpetti di Patati A bad day turns out to be good! I could not go out and play. That late morning, I had run up the stairs of our building, stopped on the second floor and got the bright idea of ringing the door bell of our elderly neighbors (read full article)
Schiacciata How many elephants can you fit in a Volkswagen? That is the old joke every child loves to tells by the time he/she is 5 years old. But by the age of 8 I had learned how many young Italians can fit into a Lancia Appia. If I recall well, 8 (read full article)
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