Taste Theatre, the “Sicilian Chef 2010” was elected,
on the stage of the Golisano
Village, by SlowFood
The best cook of the 2010 comes from Collesano. Her name is Lina D’Agostino...
di Annalisa Ricciardi
Sicilian wine between Scilla and Cariddi. It is appreciated, it helps the economy, but companies are still in trouble. How come?
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,...
Cooperative wineries, 11 million thrown away. Baiata is furious: “They are only looking for votes”
“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...
Marsala, agreements between
the Irvv, Consorzio di Tutela
and Centro “Del Giudice”
to launch the wine of the Unification of Italy
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...
Wine harvest in Sicily will start on the 1st of August 11 million Euros for the restructuring of vineyards
The wine harvest in Sicily will start on the 1st of August. The decision was made by the...
In Monreale the “Renaissance” cellar. The Guccione
brothers point on biodynamics
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...
Sicilian cellars and the Wine
and Vine Institute conquer Russia Moscow and Saint Petersburg are the next stops
of the Vinitaly tour
Lanzara, Cambria, Arfo, Vasari, Occhio di Sole, Caravaglio, Abraxas, Pietra Tagliata, Caruso & Minini, Calatrasi, Viticultori...
“Caruso & Minini” point on Doc Delia Nivolelli. The cellar
of Marsala wins the gold
medal at the “Syrah du monde”
There are 5000 vines aged 15years in Giummarella, near Trapani, from which only 2 kilos from each plant are collected, when...
Food and wine, the Soste di Ulisse turn 10 President Enrico Briguglio speaks
Hidden in a narrow street, between Piazza Duomo and the San Domenico Palace, there is Casa Grugno, one of the many sanctuaries...
Vivera, a family united
by the passion for wine
45 hectares of vineyards
between Corleone, Chiaramonte
Gulfi and Linguaglossa
A trip through 45 hectares of Sicilian vineyards, from Corleone, in the province of...
Baiata, president of the Paolini Cellars:
"The Doc Sicily will save us"
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...
Erice in a glass of wine. The Fazio family
tell about their territory
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
Gibellina, mythology
and marketing
Orestiadivini bets on the bottle
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
The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has ended
The organizers’ comments
“Sicilian wine excellence keeps on growing”. This is the result of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in which Sicily won one Great Gold...
Vinitaly 2010, not to be missed tastings Around 50 tastings for a tour of excellence world-wide
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...
The Ferreri brother’s bet
From the province of Trapani
the wine of the Grotta Carsica
Grapes collected by hand, wine stored in small chestnut tree barrels and labels that recall old traditions. All close to one of the...
The secret of the Cantine Paolini
They point on quality, territory and market
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 icons. From the Sicilian
company an outsider's look
“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...
Duck noodles and fried crickets: the new ‘Italian’ delicacies And it's a boom business for speciality websites
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...
Gorghi Tondi, a wine oasis
From a cellar near Trapani
“the other face” of native wines
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...
Frappato, between territory
and market. The sushi-bar wine from the Valle dell’Acate
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, Alcamo and Syrah
are the most sold wines
in Sicilian supermarkets
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...
First class wine-tourism in Sicily Assovini companies in the lead
Hospitality, wine, food and environmental protection. These are the elements that have always been very close to wines. This is the...
Italy's anti-cancer 'supertomato'
Campania creation helps beat disease, expert says
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, when the love
for Sicily turns into a company
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...
Terre di Miele, between Sicily
and Calabria a century-long
tradition still continues
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
In April Brussels World Wine Fair
Palermo, world capital of wine. The Brussels World Wine Fair organization and Italy decided to organize the 17th edition of this...
Buffalo mozzarella authenticity at risk
"Watered down with cows' milk"
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,
the taste of excellence
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...
Monster truffle up for auction. Satellite sale of 900g
tuber in Rome, London, Moscow, Macao
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...
Naked sushi, the new frontier of the senses lands in Italy after the United States
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...
Bad nutrition, 50% of Italians is overweight
The expert: “Let’s recuperate the Mediterranean diet”
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 flows along Mount Etna. Barone
di Villagrande points
on the aging “Carricante”
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
from Cinderella
to queen of the table
Aubergines arrived in Sicily in the XIII century thanks to Arab merchants, but their...
bottarga
The ancient taste of the Favignana bottarga
The caviar of the Mediterranean Sea, an ancient taste that brings...
panelle
The taste of old Palermo in a roll
A sunny day, a cold beer and a roll with panelle. You can buy them from a...
A recipe a day...
Sicilian pesto
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...
A recipe a day...Rice with saffron and red peppers
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...
A recipe a day… schiacciatine with turkey and truffle
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...
A recipe a day....Trout tartar
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...
Risotto with chicken chasseur
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...
Rice with sausages
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...
Tagliatelle with amberjack, tuna or sword fish and olive oil
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...
A recipe a day… Duck breast with citrus fruits
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...
Spaghetti with olives stuffed with anchovies
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...
Cazzilli
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...
Pancakes filled with smoked fish and sour sauce
Ingredients: 600 g. milk; 200 g. buckwheat; 150 g. flour; one cube of yeast; 120 g. butter; three eggs; smoked tuna...
Baked turbot with lentil sauce
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...
Coconut biscuits
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...
Eggplants husband and wife
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...
Chicken with honey and aromatic vinegar
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....
Yogurt cream
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...
The farmer’s cauliflower
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...
Sauté artichokes
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...
Rice with potatoes and mussels
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...
The cubaita
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...
Pasta with zucchini and shrimps
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...
Zucchini flowers in batter
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...
Rice with vodka and salmon
Ingredients: 350 g. rice 2 small glasses of vodka 150 g. smoked salmon Chives Liquid cream Stock Butter Salt White pepper...
Cake with plums
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...
Carrot cake
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...
Chicken with honey and aromatic vinegar
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 ....
Risotto with pumpkin and mushrooms
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...
Ricotta cake with chocolate
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...
Neapolitan fried pizzas
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...
Pears with cream and chocolate ice-cream
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...
Chicken and spinach rolls
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...
Tagliatelle with artichokes
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...
A recipe a day… sfogliatelle with ricotta
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...
master recipes
Lucrezia Borgia and tagliatelle
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...
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