giugno 22, 2022
Who has ever heard of the glorious FLORIO’s FAMILY? Sicilians by adoption, but originally from Calabria they moved to Palermo at the end of the 19th […]
luglio 1, 2021
Bomba gelato, scorzonera and giardinetto are the Sicilian traditional ice-creams. Have you ever heard these funny names before? If not, it means you are too young to remember. […]
settembre 13, 2020
Known to the general public for his several books and his eloquence, Sicilian best selling author Alessandro D’Avenia to me was just a nice kid I liked to […]
agosto 10, 2020
Moltivolti is not just a place to eat in Palermo. It is a way of living and being open to other cultures, valuing diversity and making […]
ottobre 11, 2019
“We are what we eat” is a book written by an American professor and it was also the foundation of my graduate thesis, which is the […]
dicembre 5, 2017
Are you ready for a complete full immersion of Sicilian Street Food? Well… you’d better be because is coming up in few days a Christmas edition […]
luglio 14, 2014
I have to be honest with you: when I was a child, we were never particularly crazy about the “Festino of Santa Rosalia”, (or in Sicilian […]
luglio 15, 2012
Do you know what “festino” (or fistinu) means? Fistinu is the Sicilian word to indicate the Festino of Santa Rosalia, a huge festivity dedicated to the […]
marzo 15, 2011
Do you know what “sfincione” is? This is the traditional name for our Sicilian pizza. Probably the name derives from the latin spongia, which means sponge, […]
febbraio 11, 2011
Do you know what the so-called “rosticceria siciliana” is? The word rosticceria means rotisserie and in Sicily is a very big deal. We are all crazy […]