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Cooking Class with American Ladies
Posted on 23 Settembre, 2014 by SicilianFoodlovers in SicilianFoodLovers Culinary Itinerary and Cooking Classes.Ladies celebrating …. so nice afternoon/night! Thank you.
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Cooking Classes
Posted on 23 Settembre, 2014 by SicilianFoodlovers in SicilianFoodLovers Culinary Itinerary and Cooking Classes.Cooking classes with amazing guests. A nice family from Canada. Thank you to all of you for appreciating and enjoying with us our culinary tradition.
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Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Posted on 5 Agosto, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Cooking with SicilianFoodLovers - Recipes.Hot, hot, hot … Here is the recipe for one of the main things to prepare during the hot August month: sun-dried tomatoes, from the kitchen of SicilianFoodLovers First step – get the best and freshest tomatoes possible. Cut them in half and sprinkle with large amounts of rock salt. The salt absorbs water allowing […]
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“Sarde a Beccafico”
Posted on 8 Luglio, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Cooking with SicilianFoodLovers - Recipes.Stuffed sardines, sarde a beccafico in Sicilian dialect, is one of the most traditional and well-loved dishes in Sicily. Sardines are small, inexpensive and are commonly found off the coast of Sicily. For a long time, sardines were one of the main ingredients in the diet of the lower class, especially fishermen, who ate them quite often. […]
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Thank you!!!
Posted on 17 Giugno, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Senza categoria, SicilianFoodLovers Culinary Itinerary and Cooking Classes.I would like to thank you everyone for the amazing week we spent together! Thanks, from Cinzi a and Antonio
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“Pasta chi tinniruma” from the kitchen of SFL
Posted on 23 Maggio, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Cooking with SicilianFoodLovers - Recipes.“PASTA CHI TINNIRUMA” from the kitchen of SFL Do you know “tinniruma”? They are the leaves of “cucuzza”, a typical Sicilian zucchini used in many local dishes. It is a very poor ingredient which is great to eat on its own as a side dish just boiled or sautè with garlic and chilly, or can […]
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Legendary Sicily – the ColaPesce legend
Posted on 17 Aprile, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Legendary Sicily.This is the story of a Sicilian boy named Cola but everyone called him “Colapesce (pesce=fish)” because he loved the sea and he spent his days swimming and diving. He lived in Messina, a beautiful city in the east coast of Sicily, with his mother. She didn’t like Cola’ strange habits and she was used to […]
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“Midnight Spaghetti” from the kitchen of SFL
Posted on 14 Marzo, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Cooking with SicilianFoodLovers - Recipes.Simple and yummy … “Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino” (also called “midnight spaghetti”…) Recipe from the kitchen of SicilianFoodLovers Serves 4 Ingredients 1 pound spaghetti 2 tablespoons salt 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 dried chilies, crumbled, or ½ teaspoon chili flakes 4 garlic cloves, chopped 1 tablespoon minced Italian parsley (optional, but I like […]
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Home made Pizza on Saturday with children!
Posted on 23 Febbraio, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Cooking with SicilianFoodLovers - Recipes.Antonio and I always thought that we would be parents that would get a babysitter and go out all the time. After having our baby arrived reality has set in. Trustworthy babysitters are hard to find, they are expensive and, above all, babies grow up too fast and we do not want miss anything. So we […]
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Cannoli recipe from the kitchen of SicilianFoodLovers
Posted on 13 Febbraio, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Cooking with SicilianFoodLovers - Recipes.Cannoli Recipe from the kitchen of SicilianFood Lovers Yummy … you need the authentic CANNOLI recipe – “There are several secrets for making authentic Sicilian cannoli” (my grandmother was used to say!) “Use fresh ricotta made from sheep’s milk” – ricotta goes off very quickly, so buy only the freshest cheese and make your recipe […]
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Carnevale – The Carnival of Sicily
Posted on 8 Febbraio, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Traditions in Sicily.CARNEVALE – This week we are eating ricotta cakes … “cannoli”, “cassata”, “chiacchiere” … In every big city, town or small village everyone participates to the carnival parades from the smallest child to senior citizens everyone is wearing a costume or mask from the simple ones to the more elaborate ones, with bright colors prevailing […]
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Sicilian Landscape, authentic cuisine and conviviality
Posted on 18 Gennaio, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Territory.Sicily offers a landscape of extraordinary and uncontaminated beauty, of softly undulating mountains, volcanos and hills, olive groves and vineyards following ancient trails laid by hermits, saints, peasants and pilgrims. In the North-West it’s possible to see uncontaminated nature, culture and … great gastronomy and wines. In the town or in the country, in the humblest cottages or […]
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the Scirocco wind
Posted on 3 Gennaio, 2013 by SicilianFoodlovers in Territory.Interesting picture of the Sicilian sky during a Scirocco storm from the Sahara Desert. This is a very hot and – at the same time – humid wind. Sicilian climate has different features according to the different areas of the island: here, on the Northern side, across the coast, we have hot summers and mild […]
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A tribute to Chef Salvatore Cascino aged 83 (2010)
Posted on 20 Dicembre, 2012 by SicilianFoodlovers in Tradition and Art - Ceramic.It was the year 2010 when Antonio attended the cooking school of Chef Salvatore Cascino and it was one out of the best experience in his live – talking about kitchen, of course. Chef Salvatore cascino is the depositary of the traditional Sicilian cooking school. A tribute to him in the best way Antonio can […]
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The Trinacria
Posted on 27 Novembre, 2012 by SicilianFoodlovers in Tradition and Art - Ceramic.Sicily was originally named Trinacria “the land with three points”, due to its triangular shape. This is the way the Italian poet Dante Alighieri refers to Sicily in his famous “The Divine Comedy” (Paradise. VIII, 67‐68): “And beautiful Trinacria, shrouded, from Pachino to Paloro, on the edge of the gulf” Nowadays the Trinacria is the official […]
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Sicily
Posted on 24 Novembre, 2012 by SicilianFoodlovers in Territory.“In Sicily it seems as though the sun shines brighter, the shadows are darker, and life is lived full on and for the moment. This is an island to be visited with an open mind – and a healthy appetite; one factor remains a constant, and that is the uncompromisingly high quality of the cuisine” […]
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A Melting Pot of Different Cultures
Posted on 18 Ottobre, 2012 by SicilianFoodlovers in Territory.Sicily is really a big Island, the largest of the Mediterranean Islands and Italy’s largest region. It is full of history and, each part of it, of extremely architectonic-cultural-historic interest. Simply, describing Sicily – as for many other places – is hard, quite impossible because of its history and of the different cultures existing there. […]
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Cefalù, a heaven right on the Tyrrhenian Sea
Posted on 18 Settembre, 2012 by SicilianFoodlovers in Territory.“Cefalù, a haven of tranquility, a refuge, and a sanctuary of religious inspiration. The name, which translated means “head“, probably referring to the shape of the hill and huge rock crowned with an ancient castle, rising above the town, was given to the town by the Greeks. Cefalù‘s origins are surrounded in mystery. Mentioned in ancient tomes […]
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A portrait of Giulio Gelardi, THE MANNA MAN, by Giulio himself
Posted on 25 Luglio, 2012 by SicilianFoodlovers in "Manna" - the Gods' Honey.“When I came here thirty years ago, and the manna trade was considered dead, the first thing that came to my mind was to try to produce the manna directly, from the tree extremely clean, in a way to sell it without having to process it industrially. Suddenly, I walked past a tree and noticed […]
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The North-West of Sicily: Palermo region and the Madonie Mountain
Posted on 18 Luglio, 2012 by SicilianFoodlovers in Territory.* Cefalù – certainly one of the most popular destinations on Sicily. This ancient fishermens’ place has a special charme which is not only engendered by its picturesque centre but also by its beautiful beach * Palermo – the capital of Sicily, with about 730.000 inhabitants the biggest town on the island with its own airport. Palermo […]
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