Brioche with “tuppo” and almond granita, a classic of Catania!
A torrid day in a Sicilian summer, or rather Catanese, where you cannot miss a dessert that today I want to tell you with a
Paola F. J. Torrisi
Paola is the founder of Take it Slowly. She graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature, and entered the world of tourism immediately becoming interested in the incoming tourism of Sicily, a Region where she returned after having completed her studies in Rome. She loves art in all its forms, the experience of travel in all possible nuances, as long as it is slow! Hence her "Take it Slowly" by Another Sicily was born, a Tour Operator that offers a different kind of tourism, authentic, tailored to the customer, running at the same pace with the culture and tradition of a land as old as Sicily.
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by Paola F. J. Torrisi
The tasty recipe of Pasta alla Norma, a tribute to Belllini
Pasta alla Norma is one of the symbols of our Sicilian cuisine and its history seems to be linked to a tribute to Vincenzo Bellini,
The Sicilian Fried Pizzas of Zafferana Etnea
My memories are made of images and flavors, which always bring me back to those of a child and to Zafferana Etnea.
Called the "Pearl
Biancomangiare, a traditional sweet of Modica and Catania
Sicily is a land rich in traditions. The invaders have given us mixtures and a cuisine rich in mixes of flavours, sometimes baroque.
Traditions that
Autumn on Etna among the flavours of the Spinelli Pears, an ancient variety
The foliage of Etna is tinged with the colours of autumn, the red of the woodbine announces the change of the season, while the still
The traditions of the Feast of the Dead in Catania
One of the special festivals in Catania that celebrates the fusion of sacred and profane is the Feast of the Dead.
Of course it
Pedara, memories of freedom on holidays in the countryside
Pedara, a village on the slopes of Etna has seen us as vacationers since the late 1960s.My family spent all summers and Sundays in the
The Countess of Etna, every time the first time
There are magical days when the Countess of Etna can be seen from Catania.Altocumulus lenticulaus is the scientific name of the almost mystical phenomenon that
Capo d 'Orlando childhood memories that I recall to my guests
A fisherman's boat rocks silently between the coves. The oars caress the waves as he is starting to return, the scarlet Hibiscus awakens in the
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