I had come to Scicli on the trail of Montalbano. This was a trail I'd followed from the Piazza Duomo and the Trattoria La Rusticana, (Calogero's) … [Read more...]
Summer of San Martino
The feast day for San Martino is 11 November, his onomastico bringing a week of warm days to Sicily. Dispensing this wonderful weather is just one of … [Read more...]
Churches, Crusaders and Crispy Pignolata
When I arrived in Sicily it was at Messina. Ulysses and his men rowed a boat through the Straits and Hercules swam across it, but I got there in a … [Read more...]
A Fish, a Feud and a Flan
View from my B&B There are so many beautiful places in Sicily that it's hard to know where to start when singing praises for them all, but I … [Read more...]
Cannoli
Cannoli Pastries are a speciality of Sicily and I'd love to tell you of some gorgeous little pasticceria in a tiny hamlet somewhere on the island but … [Read more...]
Arance al Marsala
I wanted to make something simple today. Simple and sweet. Something with the unmistakable taste of Sicily, so I went for oranges soaked in the … [Read more...]
Panettone Christmas Pudding
The tradition of bestowing Panettone is very much like the The Great Christmas Pudding Swap of my childhood. Everywhere you go, you take one. Everyone … [Read more...]
