SicilianFoodCulture.com is ready to embark on a very interesting new project. As a Sicilian emigrant myself (Riccardo Favara, founder of SicilianFoodCulture.com) one of the things that have intrigued me the most and that has fascinated me tremendously is discovering a…
Welcome to a new post of Sicilian Sayings! We really hope you are enjoying this new series of blog posts; if you have any suggestions, feel free to send us an email! Today’s proverb is one of those that show…
Sicily is full of talent, full of artisans who continue today to produce unique objects, of fine workmanship and often with a story behind them that enhances them further. With the advent of large marketplaces like Etsy, even for small…
It’s Fig Season! What is this fascination Sicilians have with fig trees? I ask this question because I, like most Sicilians, have grown up with the presence of a fig tree sometime during our lives. I have read where many…
Here is another brand new column that we have decided to start here on our blog, to celebrate the funniest and most interesting Sicilian sayings! Today’s saying is one that you can use whenever you dislike someone, and you want…
Recently, my mom came to my home for a 10-day visit. At 95 years old, my mother is strong-willed, stubborn, has a mouthpiece that will put any long shoreman to shame and has a memory that is still sharp. Her…
This morning I focused on a recipe of the Sicilian winter cuisine, ”Bucatini cui vrocculi arriminati”, written in dialect, in Italian is ”bucatini with mixed broccoli”, which obviously does not make much sense, or unless the same sense! It is…
I visited Palazzo D’Aumale in Terrasini, guided by Giovanna Cossentino e Rossella Di Maggio. A beautiful place right by the sea, full of history and full of typical Sicilian Carts! Let me show you some of the best examples of…
Sicilian blood oranges can be considered a real and proper medicine, and their strength consists in being a concentrate of fundamental substances for the functions of our body. But why are Sicilian oranges red? Sicilian Blood Oranges are the fruit…
