Hi Everyone! Now I have to confess, we have been so busy these last couple of months that my husband and I decided to skip town for a week for our 8 year anniversary with our 15 month old daughter….it was wonderful! We rented a cabin near Catania, Sicily in a town called Randazzo. It’s[…]
Hi Everyone! It’s olive season here in Sicily! It’s the time of the year where many families who have olive groves gather and collect the olives off the trees in order to have them pressed into olive oil. For those of you who are olive oil connoisseurs, you know it doesn’t get better than this.[…]
Hi Everyone! A few weeks ago, my friend Daniela (the one who gave me the famously delicious Italian Apple Cake recipe…see post) invited us to a delicious pizzeria ristorante called “Oro del Etna”. She had been telling us about it, so we decided to make the journey to Catania. It’s found at the base of[…]
Hi Everybody =) Today we went to my in-laws for lunch, as we do most Sundays, and of course my mother-in-law baked Sicilian bread in the wood oven she has. Being the bread lover I am, I had to share a picture with you. This bread is so aromatic and delicious…if only we had “smell-a-vision”![…]
Hi Everyone =) A few mornings ago, I was craving a cornetto from the bakery. Here in Sicily, one of the most common breakfast items you will find is a cornetto, which is a croissant with sugar on top. There is nothing like a cornetto with a good cup of cappuccino. So my husband made[…]
Hi all! Last weekend, my husband and I took our 5 month old daughter for a nice stroll along the beach here in Sicily. We went to Marina di Ragusa (see my “Travel \ Life in Italy” section to know more about the local areas) and happened to choose this ristorante to dine at. We[…]
Ciao Everyone! I am so excited to announce my new eBook filled with authentic Sicilian recipes! When I mean authentic, I mean authentic! Being married to a Sicilian and living in Sicily, it’s no wonder I decided to create a cookbook filled with delicious recipes for you to try. If you happen to be of[…]
Ciao Everyone =) Just wanted to share with you a typical dish you will find if and when you ever come to Sicily! It’s called Scacce and very typical of the town where I live. Scacce is dough that you run through a pasta maker to get it paper thin and then fill with yummy[…]
Sampling Tuscany’s Red Wines Hi Everyone =) Today I thought I would give you an informational post about Tuscany’s red wines. My husband and I got married in Florence and we actually have two bottles of chianti on our dining room table from our wedding almost 7 years ago. Every time I look at them,[…]
As we near the end of the summer here in Sicily, we also near the end of the proverbial Sicilian summer breakfast…..the granita! The granita isn’t like anything you’ve ever tasted. It’s crushed ice that is churned and added to an assortment of natural flavors of your choosing…..strawberry, almond, coffee, lemon, etc……optionally topped with the[…]
