Food and Drink

Tak Copenhagen: a Sicilian palate in Scandinavia's gourmet capital

Posted on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 under Food and Drink | General | Travel

As I mentioned on our FB page a couple of weeks ago, this month I took my Sicilian palate to the Gourmet Capital of Scandinavia, Copenhagen, and its fantastic cooking festival.

Nonna Elvira's galateo: etiquette advice

Posted on Wednesday 04th of August 2010 under About loveSicily | Food and Drink | General | Via Ritiro

Every time I go through my grandmother's recipe books and notes I discover new elements that show my grandparents full care and respect for food.

Sea bass and king prawns al cartoccio with herbs and green pepper

Posted on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 under Food and Drink | Recipes

This morning, my fishmonger had a great surprise for me: extra fresh wild sea bass (In Italian spigola or branzino).

Finding wild sea bass and sea bream is not that easy, most people buy farmed fish which is definitely less expensive, but the taste of wild sea bass is just at a different level: a concentrate, intense, yet delicate, taste of the sea.

"Sapi ri mari" ( it tastes like the sea), my grandfather Giovanni always said when he was happy with the fish we had prepared for him. So perhaps, as he suggested, buy it once, but go for the top quality option.

Mizzica!

Posted on Wednesday 21st of July 2010 under Food and Drink | General

Last week, Alfredo and Angelo from Mizzica.com came to visit the cooking school in Modica.
They have recently launched their website which offers access to top quality Sicilian products on-line and during our meeting we discussed about all sorts of products and ideas.

Making cous-cous for a great summer salad

Posted on Monday 19th of July 2010 under Food and Drink | Recipes

Yesterday, ho "incocciato" cous-cous. "Incocciare" is the Sicilian word indicating the art of making cous-cous typical of North Africa and the Western part of Sicily.
It is not easy and it takes practice, but the result is so much better than the pre-cooked packages you find at the supermarket! Fluffy and tasteful, I could simply have it on its own.

The ingredients are very simple, just "semola", which is semolina made from durum wheat (careful, this is not semolina flour, the one we call "semola rimacinata di grano duro"), salted water and extra-virgin olive oil.