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! 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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
For those of you who haven’t heard of Siracusa….it’s a city here in Sicily with a touristic island attached, named Ortigia. If you google “Siracusa” or “Ortigia”, no doubt you will find tons of touristic photos. On Monday, my husband and I spend the day there since it’s only and hour from where we live.[…]
If you have ever been to Italy, you will know that street markets are part of Italian life. All across Italy, there are street markets ranging from small to large, commercial to authentic, food to antiques,….you name it, they sell it. These markets are what make Italy! My husband, friend and I went to a[…]