Affogato: The Italian Coffee-Based Dessert
If you love coffee and ice cream, this quick dessert recipe is for you. Affogato is an Italian word for the super delicious coffee drink with ice…
Tag: Sicilian
Sicilian Swiss Chard
This recipe seemed to be buried under my nostalgic ode to Ohio in a post I wrote years ago after a memorable trip to visit…
How to Make Coffee in the Italian Mokka Pot
I have been making Italian coffee the ‘old fashioned’ way for so many years it seems like a blur as to when it actually started,…
Sicilian Eggplant Rolls
This summer weather in Turkey reminds me exactly of my two summers spent in Sicily in the mid 90’s. Very hot. Very dry. Limited A/C,…
Aegean Lentil Pasta
As many of you readers of my blog and followers on social media know already, I’ve been in Turkey for several months exploring the cuisine…
Pine Nut, Honey & Strawberry Dish
When I went to Sicily in 1993, it was the first time I really ever experienced fruit as the main ingredient- and sometimes the only…
Classic Tiramisu- Without the Alcohol
Tiramisu, the quintessential Sicilian dessert, and the ultimate party food. Although I’m (half) Sicilian, I didn’t grow up with this dessert at family dinner tables…
Baked Shrimp with Garlic, Fresh Herbs and Red Pepper Paste
On my Sicilian side of the family, they really love shrimp. My aunts bake it in the oven with some very simple ingredients like garlic,…
Tuna, Red Pepper, Garlic and Basil Pasta
My entire house has been under construction for several months now, and we’re living right in the midst of it. My kitchen is functional, but…
Links Between Sicilian and Arab Cuisine
I love to learn about the history of food- how ingredients crossed the ocean traveled long distances along the Silk Road or made their way…
Pearl Couscous with Ground Veal, Almonds and Raisins
Pearl couscous is a wonderful salad couscous and quite different from what is normally found in restaurant dishes or alongside North African tagine dishes with…
A Sicilian Cooking Class: Comfort Food For Everyone
Last month I traveled to Cleveland to teach a cooking class for a group of young women, some of whom I met nearly ten years…
Cooking Class: Sicilian Dinner Party
One Saturday morning last month I conducted a cooking class for the winners of an auction at the Stars for Hope event back in January…
Lemon-Lime Granita
With so much produce left over from the cooking demonstrations I conducted at the ISNA convention over 4th of July weekend, I had to come…
Sweet Tomato Preserve
I. Love. Tomatoes. Being Sicilian, you sort of have to or you may never eat. Ok, that’s a bit extreme, I realize. All jokes aside, I really…
