THE VIRTUOUS AND THE SINS OF THROAT.
“Palermo, 07 May 1626”. “My name is Sister Maria Carmela, but I was not born with that name, that’s my name since I was born a second time, after my entry into the Convent of the Reepentite. At the time I had been baptized…
A FIVE SENSES EXPERIENCE.
THE WISDOM OF WHITE HAIR. <<There was a time when broken things were fixed, not thrown away! >> Nonna Gioconda insists. Her grandson Francesco has in fact been trying for a few minutes to make her desist from trying to fix her now “ancient” pasta…
AMONG THE THREADS OF EMOTIONS: SICILIAN PUPPETS.
THE INSANE LOVE OF ORLANDO. History is often confused with fantasy, other times reality merges with legend, war is set aside for love and the mind is clouded by madness. <Sometimes life becomes a show>, Orlando thinks, and his thought goes straight into Angelica’s mind….
MYSTERIOUS: A WALK IN THE SECRET PALERMO.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SECT OF BLESSED PAULS. There are numerous stories that have been handed down over the years settled in the historic Palermo. In most cases, however, more than stories, these are legends: often, but not always. There are cases in which, despite…
CAMPANIA: the region to observe, listen to, smell… and why not? To taste!
The ruins of a wonderful past world that meet the blue of the sea: Campania. True essence of southern Italy, washed by the Tyrrhenian Sea, it is a marvelous region in every place. Its Amalfi coast, Unesco heritage, from Amalfi to Maiori and Minori, from…
“SI VUCIA, S’ABBANNIA, BALLARO’ E’ MAGIA.”
THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN FAIRIES. “… La notti cci vinìanu sette donni di fora, tutti una cchiu bedda di ‘n’àutra. Sti donni si purtavanu quarchi omu o puramenti quarchi fimmina chi cci parìa a iddi, e cci facianu vidiri cosi mai visti: balli,…
WALKING AMONG THE STRAWBERRIES
NEVER STOP LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT STRAWBERRIES. Amanda has a round face, brown eyes, red hair and lots of freckles. So, since she was only two years old, her father has been calling her “the little strawberry of the house“. She has always liked this…
STREET FOOD: A DAY TO TASTE SICILY.
THE LIGHT IS IN MANY SMALL AND BIG THINGS. << Do you know the happiness of admiring the bright sun in the blue sky?>> The serenity it prvides. A large red fireball should scare, and instead reassures. Light up everything, every day. It stands out…
A JOURNEY AMONG THE FLAVORS OF SCIACCA.
HAPPINES LIES IN THE ESSENTIAL. Gianluca was still a child when he approached the world of culinary art for the first time. Initially on tiptoe, observing the great women in his life, in his home, cooking. In his Sicily, in his Sciacca, Sunday is at…