Pasta Chi Tinnirumi or Pasta con i Tenerumi (in Italian) September 03, 2020web designer Pasta Chi Tinnirumi or Pasta con i Tenerumi (in Italian) is a Sicilian culinary secret well worth discovering. What started as a "peasant dish" has now become...
Pasta Alla Norma May 16, 2020web designer Pasta "Alla Norma” is a humble, traditional and justly famous dish. The 19th-century composer Vincenzo Bellini is said to have adored it with such a passion (he ate it for...
Pane Cunzatu da Paneficio DiStabile e Anselmo 🥖😋 May 15, 2020web designer Pane "Cunzatu" literally translated means "seasoned bread". It's a traditional Sicilian dish made which can be prepared to your liking but the best pane cunzato is from Paneficio DiStabile e...
How To Pick and Peel Ficchi D'India May 14, 2020web designer These beloved jewels may look pretty and sweet on the inside but on the outside they are dangerous! They have paper thin thorns that easily insert themselves into your skin...
What is a Fico D'India? October 17, 2019web designer The Fico D'India/ Ficchi D'India (plural) or prickly pears as we know them, are the spikey yet sweet fruit that hangs like jewels on the cactus plants along the Sicilian...
Festa Di San Giuseppe/St Joseph's Day October 03, 2019web designer Auguri to all the Giuseppe's, in particular my dad, Giuseppina's Joseph's and Josephina's! Most people think of St Patrick's day for its beer drinking binges and parade but I...
My Sicilian Orange and Fennel Salad June 19, 2019web designer Orange and Fennel Salad is one of my favorite salads that is super easy to make with simple ingredients which is the core of Sicilian cuisine. Growing up I always...
Nonna's Sundried Tomatoes August 11, 2018web designer If you haven't tried Nonna's sun-dried tomatoes, you're basically missing out on life! Oddly enough, I actually don't like tomatoes raw, I only eat them cooked or sun-dried. The combination...
Pasta Con Tenerumi August 11, 2018web designer Pasta con Tenerumi is one of the simplest, inexpensive and most delicious pasta dishes. Tenerumi are the leaves from the "cucuzza" squash. Similar to a zucchini, the cucuzza has large...
Pane e Panelle May 11, 2018web designer Panelle are to Sicilians what French fries are to French people. Panelle are Sicilian fritters made out of chickpea flour. They are a typical street food found in Palermo, but...