An Italian told me that while others eat to live, Italians live to eat, and he said that with his mouth full. Italians will enthusiastically share their restaurant recommendations and family recipes, and even as fast food creeps into their culture, Italians staunchly guard their traditional food products, as witnessed by the founding of the Slow Food movement. A favorite Italian proverb is “A tavola non si invecchia” – at the table one does not age – so relaxed meals are the key to a long life. Our culinary and walking tours in Italy feature authentic regional foods that highlight the amazing variety of dishes in Italy that are profoundly local.
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What do whole cheeses, a live rooster and a trumpet have in common? Come to the food auction in celebration of San Giuseppe and find out what a real feast day is like in Santa Croce, Sicily.
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This recipe for Chocolate Almond Biscotti is adapted from the excellent blog by David Lebovitz – The addition of chopped bittersweet chocolate to the recipe have made these biscotti a favorite among my Italian friends.
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Inspired by our Italian Connection’s new “Two Continents” culinary tour that visits Sicily and Istanbul, this Turkish red lentil soup is the perfect hot dish for a cold winter day. Get the recipe.
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Le genovesi are custard-filled pastries that are a specialty of the town of Erice, which we visit on several of our culinary and walking tours in Sicily. If you can’t get to Maria Grammatico’s pastry shop in Erice, try this Sicilian dessert recipe at home.
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This make ahead dessert is especially delicious when made with almonds from Sicily, and it’s easy to do. This makes a cool creamy dessert that is perfect on a hot summer day….or any other time.
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One of the great pleasures of Puglia is eating, and we found a place where even breakfast is a feast.
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An early summer fruit in Sicily is the pesca tabacchiera or snuffbox peach that thrives on the slopes of Mt. Etna.
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June is the season for one of the pleasures of Puglia, the railway cherry or “ciliegia ferrovia”
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Cheese tasting and a tour of the cheesemaking facilites at Corfilac in Ragusa are on the menu March 24 & 25, 2012
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Ever wondered how to make limoncello? Try your hand at homemade limoncello, with this easy limoncello recipe.
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When lemons are in profusion in Sicily, this easy Sicilian lemon cake recipe is a must. Find lots of other uses for lemons, too.
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Taste traditional cheeses from around the world during two days of tasting workshops at Cheese Art 2012 in Ragusa Sicily, when cheese is elevated to the status of art.
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