Bagheria is a Sicilian town a few kilometers from Palermo, home to famous people like Renato Guttuso and Giuseppe Tornatore (who represented his city in the famous film Baarìa), famous for its villas and eighteenth-century buildings (symbol of the aristocracy…
When we arrived back in Palermo to meet the members of our tour group, we had an additional free day to enjoy the city on our own before a planned dinner. As we walked through the city, I saw them!…
It’s finally that time of the year where all the family is gathering around to celebrate Christmas, all together, following our traditions! Children and grown-up can’t wait to unfold their presents but most of all, they can’t wait for the…
You are visiting for the first time Sicily, you’re in Palermo enjoying the amazing view of the Cattedrale and you’re really walking through history, but all of a sudden you’re super hungry, and you go to the first Restaurant that…
In Sicily the arancine can be found in every period of the year; in bars, takeaways or the typical friggitorie, they are produced and consumed literally every day. What is then that makes it different to eat them for…
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The “Festa dei Morti” is among the most important and felt by the people of Palermo, especially by the children who have been waiting for it with anxiety since the previous weeks, when the city is filled with “Mercatini dei Morti” (markets of…
Sfincione, Sicilian Pizza or Tomato Pie? Explaining what the Sfincione is to those who have never lived in Palermo is not as simple as it might seem; most of these will fall into a trivial but legitimate mistake, by exchanging…
In Bitter Almonds: Recollections and recipes from a Sicilian girlhood, Mary Taylor Simeti recounts the story of Maria Grammatico and her sister who were sent to the San Carlo, a secluded orphanage in Erice, an ancient hill top town in…
