Sicilian Panelle

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)

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Sicilian Stuffed Butternut Squash

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)

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Chicken Panino

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)

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How to Make Sausage and then Barbecue it.

Comu fari la sasizza e poi arrustilla This post resulted as a result of having missed on eating sausage for many years. I don’t know if you ever noticed that most casings are made from pork intestines. I happen to get sick from pork products, so I (read full article)

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Barbecuing Meat the Sicilian Way

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)

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Sicilian Vegetable Mille Foglie

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)

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Sicilian Pizza with Mushrooms

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)

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Sicilian Lemon Granita

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)

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Gianduja Truffle Cake

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)

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Bruschetta di Pipa e Gorgonzola Yesterday I made a grilled dinner. Chicken, peppers, potatoes and onions. Before we started eating our mouths were drooling from the welcomed barbecue smoke. Just recently I converted my gas grill to a (read full article)

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Sicilian Bruschetta of Peppers and Gorgonzola

Bruschetta di Pipa e Gorgonzola Miami, Spring 2010 Yesterday I made a grilled dinner. Chicken, peppers, Potatoes and onions. Before we started eating our mouths were drooling from the welcomed barbecue smoke. Just recently (read full article)

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Sicilian Orange, Black, Green and Yellow Risotto

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)

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Sicilian Grilled Vegetable Salad

‘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)

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I SICILIAN Cooking Classes and Parties

TO BOOK PARTY or CLASSES NOW             email me at           isicilian@gmx.com Want to… Learn to cook? Learn some new recipes? Have a cooking party in the privacy of your home? Cater a party? Sit with your friends (read full article)

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Pizza Sauces and Toppings

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)

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Sicilian Fig Cookies

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)

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Sicilian Veal Rib Soup

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)

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Jack Fish Cakes

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)

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Fried Zucchini

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)

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Tailor Made Spaghetti

Spaghettata cu Pummadoru Sicchi In 1958, at the age of 19, my zio Giuseppe Manto (Uncle Joe) parted with Sicily, I recall always hearing about zio Giuseppe, even though I had never met him. When he left I had not been conceived yet, but I he (read full article)

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