There’s a scene in the Italian TV series Il Commissario Montalbano where the detective sits down to an enormous tray of baked pasta and is asked whether he would have eaten the whole thing by himself had his colleagues not shown up.…
Easter in Sicily is something you feel in the air long before it arrives. The smell of orange zest and cinnamon drifting from kitchen windows, the sound of neighbors comparing recipes, it’s one of those moments when food stops being…
The “Mangia & Bevi” (Literally Eat & Drink) better known in Palermo as “Arrusti and Mancia”, are super easy to prepare and very cheap! Among the most famous street food in Palermo, they can be enjoyed especially in the popular…
These Sicilian sweets are typical of the humble countryside of the hinterland and were prepared during the Easter period: without almonds, pistachios or candied fruit, without the luxuries that flourished on the tables of the nobility, but loaded with symbols…
