The best cook of the 2010 comes from Collesano. Her name is Lina D’Agostino...
di Annalisa Ricciardi
The news tells us about petrol, oil export, the cars in Termini Imerese and many other important things, while wine stays in restaurants. It raises refined discussions,...
“This decision was made by someone looking for votes”. This is the comment of Gaspare Baiata, president of the Cantine Paolini, about the interest shown by the regional department for agricultural resources...
The Marsala wine must come out from darkness and gain consumers’ appreciation. Marsala is a complex wine, a niche product, that must become once again the key...
The wine harvest in Sicily will start on the 1st of August. The decision was made by the...
Fifteen hectares between San Cipirello and Piana degli Albanesi, 35 kilometres away from Palermo, with vineyards cultivated with biodynamic agriculture. It’s the company owned by Francesco and Manfredi...
Lanzara, Cambria, Arfo, Vasari, Occhio di Sole, Caravaglio, Abraxas, Pietra Tagliata, Caruso & Minini, Calatrasi, Viticultori...
There are 5000 vines aged 15years in Giummarella, near Trapani, from which only 2 kilos from each plant are collected, when...
Hidden in a narrow street, between Piazza Duomo and the San Domenico Palace, there is Casa Grugno, one of the many sanctuaries...
A trip through 45 hectares of Sicilian vineyards, from Corleone, in the province of...
Gaspare Baiata, 56 years old, is a “professional” of wine. An authority in this sector. He is the head of the Paolini Cellars, one of the most important co-operative cellars of the Island. When he heard that the region wanted to fight the “poverty” of some wine...
A Norman castle, ancient walls that enclose a network of streets and churches that remind other times. This is Erice, a town built on a rock that over-looks the city of Trapani. A quiet medieval village, characterized by surrounding walls and narrow...
di Annalisa Ricciardi
Aegisthus son of Thyestes and of his daughter, Pelopia. Cassandra, daughter of King Priam and not listened to because Apollo placed a curse on her so that no one would ever...
di Annalisa Ricciardi
“Sicilian wine excellence keeps on growing”. This is the result of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in which Sicily won one Great Gold...
A calendar of fifty top-level tastings for buyers, operators and sector experts as the most complete and exhaustive analysis of products, fashions and new trends in the wine world. Described online at the site www.vinitaly.com, these events include Taste Italy...
Grapes collected by hand, wine stored in small chestnut tree barrels and labels that recall old traditions. All close to one of the...
More than 3000 hectares of vineyards belonging to 900 different producers, more than 150 thousands hectolitres of wine and 26 labels. These are the numbers of the Cantine Paolini from Marsala, in the province of Trapani. It was born in 1970 and...
“Wine is our daily life. It is our commitment for the ever growing request for top quality products by consumers who have become more and more demanding. But above...
Fried crickets for a TV snack, fish stomach soup, century eggs (green and with a strong smell of sulphur and ammonia), dried lily flowers, instant duck noodles and Durian (the Southeast Asian fruit with the smelly-sock odour). Italians are not just...
There is a Wwf reserve in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani, that hosts for long periods of the year, herons and hawks and...
They were the first ones to turn the Frappato into wine in 1995. After ten years the Vittoria Doc was born, and amongst its monovarietal wines there are also the native Sicilian vines...
Nero d’Avola, Syrah and Alcamo are the most sold wines in Sicilian supermarkets. Nero D’Avola is also one of the most sold wines in Italy, ranked 5th with 8 million and 232...
Hospitality, wine, food and environmental protection. These are the elements that have always been very close to wines. This is the...
A 'supertomato' created by Italian scientists is the perfect food for helping keep cancer at bay, the head of the World Foundation of Urology said on Tuesday. Launching Prostate Cancer Week in Italy, Mauro Dimitri said the 'supertomato' created...
Pascolo Verde It S.r.l. , the green pasture, was born thanks to the gathering of subjects with different backgrounds, but with one element in common: the creation of a line...
A natural food that combines sweetness and its exclusive taste to important anti-bacterial and energetic qualities. We are talking about honey, a natural product that man has cultivated for centuries thanks to the bee...
Palermo, world capital of wine. The Brussels World Wine Fair organization and Italy decided to organize the 17th edition of this...
Italian Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia announced on Tuesday that he had placed a consortium of producers which guarantees buffalo mozzarella quality under appointed administration because of its failure to ensure the traditional cheese's authenticity...
Conte Alambicco di Sicilia grappa distillates embody the spirit of Sicily, with its myths and history, burning with passion and the heat of the sun, and contain its seductive character...
The world's truffle-loving elite are gearing up for what looks set to be a nail-biting bidding war on Saturday when a giant white truffle goes under the hammer at an international auction. Weighing in at 900 grammes, the truffle is not a record breaker...
Can eating a meal on a beautiful naked woman be considered a form of art? In Japan it has been practiced throughout the centuries and probably the lovers of the naked sushi...
Almost one Italian out of two is obese or overweight. This is the alarming result emerged during the fifth annual congress on “Food and health” that took place in Rome today, organized by Repubblica and Somedia. Professionals like doctors...
A new white wine by Barone di Villagrande will soon arrive. It is called “Legno di Conzo”, a Carricante with a unique purity, after four...
Aubergines arrived in Sicily in the XIII century thanks to Arab merchants, but their...
The caviar of the Mediterranean Sea, an ancient taste that brings...
A sunny day, a cold beer and a roll with panelle. You can buy them from a...
Sicilian pesto is a great dressing for any kind of pasta. It is a regional recipe, so it has a lot of different variants, with different ingredients...
Ingredients: Serves 4 400 g rice 2 red peppers 150 g chick peas (cooked) 1/2 teaspoon saffron 4 tablespoons white vinegar Extra virgin olive oil Salt...
Ingredients for 6 people: 12 schiacciatine, a typical Sicilian bread dough pie crust; 12 slices of baked turkey; 2 small black truffles; 12 slices of Gruyere...
Ingredients for 2 people: 200 g. fillets of smoked trout 2 segments of fennel White celery 100 g. yogurt Horseradish 2 tea spoons of extra virgin olive...
Ingredients for 4 people: 300 g. rice ½ young chicken celery 1 carrot 1 clove of garlic ½ chives 2 leaves of sage Rosemary Parsley 6 spoons of oil Red...
Ingredients for 4 people: 400 g. rice 300 g. sausages 1 carrot 1 onion 50 g. butter 3 tomatoes ½ glass of red wine Preparation: Remove the sausage from its...
Fry the garlic with some olive oil. Add some amberjack, tuna or sword fish with some capers and black olives. Mix with a fork and season with black...
Ingredients: 600 g. duck breast, 10 shallots, 1 pink grapefruit, 2 oranges, 3 spoons of aromatic vinegar, half glass of dry white wine, 2 bay leaves, thyme, oil...
Fry in a pan some cloves of garlic with extra virgin olive oil. Add some cherry tomatoes cut in halves and olives stuffed with anchovies and cut into slices...
Ingredients for 4 people: 1 kg. potatoes, 1 clove of garlic, parsley, 2 eggs, bread crumbs, olive oil, salt and pepper. Preparation: Boil the potatoes, peel...
Ingredients: 600 g. milk; 200 g. buckwheat; 150 g. flour; one cube of yeast; 120 g. butter; three eggs; smoked tuna...
Ingredients for 6 people: * 1 turbot, 2 Kg. * 250 g. lentils * 50 g. bacon * 40 g. butter * 2 shallots * 1 glass of dry white wine * 25 cl fish stock * 1 glass...
Ingredients: 250 g. coconut flour 100 g. rice flour 250 g. sugar 50 g. butter 3 eggs Preparation: Melt the butter in a bain-marie, then add the sugar, the...
Ingredients: 2 large eggplants, 200 g. ham, 1 packet of sliced cheese, 2 eggs, bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Preparation: Rinse the eggplants, cut them into slices 5-centimetres-thick and place them in...
Ingredients for 4 people: 2 chicken breasts 2 spoons of honey 200 ml. liquid cream Butter Pepper Salt Preparation: Cut the chicken into slices or into....
Ingredients for 4 people: 3 eggs, 3 small whole yogurts (better the creamy Greek one), 40 g. sugar, 1 cup of Marsala. Preparation: Beat the yolks with...
Ingredients for 4 people: 1 kg. organic cauliflower, 4 organic potatoes, 100 g. natural olives, 300 g. sausages, water, 3 cloves of garlic, 2-3 spoons of...
Ingredients for 4 people: 8 artichokes 1 clove of garlic Parsley Vegetables stock 3 spoons of extra virgin oil Salt Half lemon juice Preparation: Clean...
Ingredients for 4 people: 1 kg mussels, 400 g. rice, 3 onions, 6 tomatoes, 50 g. grated pecorino cheese, 1 clove of garlic, some parsley, celery...
Ingredients: 1 kg sesame, 600 g. honey, 300 g. sugar, 250 g. toasted almonds, orange peel. Preparation: Melt the honey in a pan with the sugar...
Ingredients for 4 people: 400 g. pasta, 4 medium zucchini, 300 g. unshelled shrimps, 7-8 small tomatoes, white wine, garlic, extra virgin oil, red...
Ingredients: 25 courgette flowers, white flour, 4 eggs, extra virgin olive oil, salt Preparation: Pour the zucchini flowers into the eggs with the flour. If you...
Ingredients: 350 g. rice 2 small glasses of vodka 150 g. smoked salmon Chives Liquid cream Stock Butter Salt White pepper...
Ingredients for 6 people: 1 dose of short crust pastry; 10 madeleines (Proust’s famous biscuits) or 6 sponge fingers; sugar; butter; flour; 600 g. plums...
Ingredients for 4 people: 200 g. carrots, 200 g. unpeeled almonds, 200 g. malt, 175 wholemeal flour, 80 g. apples, 60 g. raisins, 3 spoons maize...
Ingredients for four people: 2 chicken breasts 2 spoons of honey 200 ml. liquid cream 3 spoons of aromatic vinegar 1 knob of butter Pepper Salt ....
Ingredients for 4 people: 4 cups of rice; 400 g. pumpkin; 500 g. mushrooms (freed are also good); ½ onion; oil; salt; black pepper; 3 tea spoons of...
Ingredients for 6 people: 400 g. ricotta, 1 candied fruit (the one you prefer); 70 g. of dark chocolate; 2 egg whites; 100 g. icing sugar. Ingredients for the...
Ingredients for 6 people: 650 g. flour; 35 g. yeast; 1200 g. ripen tomatoes; 250 g. mozzarella; 1 potato; 2 spoons oil; garlic; parsley; pepper; salt...
Ingredients for 4 people: 2 Williams pears (around 300 g. in total); 1 orange; 1 stick of cinnamon; 200 g. chocolate ice-cream; 60 g. sugar; cream...
Ingredients for 4 people: 1 chicken breast (ask the butcher to slice it for you); 1 or 2 cloves of garlic; fresh or dry marjoram or parsley; 1 spoon or more...
Ingredients for 4 people: 400 g. tagliatelle; 4 artichokes; 1 clove of garlic; 1 lemon; 5 spoons of olive oil; 40 g. butter; 1 spoon of mint; 1 spoon of...
Ingredients for the sfogliatelle with ricotta (4 people) For the pastry: 400 g. bran; 50 g. butter; salt; oil For the filling: 500 g. ricotta; 100 g. sugar...
In only 39 years of life, the beautiful Lucrezia Borgia had three husbands, an uncountable number of lovers, eight legitimate children and one born outside...