Three Farms Island

Three Farms Island

One of the traditional Sicilian Calzone

“Vota Vota” the meaning in the action Maybe the expression Calzone is not correct for this kind of pizza, my Neapolitan friends will forgive me for this. Calzone is the famous Neapolitan pizza style where you turn a regular flat pizza,…

The meaning of traditional Farming in Sicily

According with general definition traditional farming refers to agricultural practices that have been passed down through generations and have not been modified or industrialized. It often involves small-scale, sustainable methods of growing and harvesting crops and raising livestock. Some common…

Almond Okara

What Almond Okara is? Almond Okara is the paste that remains after preparing almond milk, that paste is the result of the cold extraction usually made with the almond flour and water using a Cheesecloth No waste it’s popular now but…

Poached Eggs with Wild Asparagus

Ingredients 4 eggs 2 cloves of garlic 1 Tbsp tomato paste 1 bundle of asparagus 2Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil Salt to taste Directions Clean the asparagus, then remove the rough ends—keeping the tender part of the asparagus; and slice…

The little vineyard in the Etna Volcano

It was really nice to spend a day in Benedetto’s vineyard, just a little piece of land close to Trecastagni, a little town on the Etna. Black volcanic stone, stone walls, black soil, rich and hard soil. A spectacular unique landscape.…

How To Make Almond Milk: the original way

Before dairy-alternatives became the buzzword of the global food industry, we were making latte di mandorla (almond milk) by hand in Sicily. And with arguably the best quality almonds in the world originating from Avola (in the Eloro district), almond products are a particularly…

Love, Blood and Morus Nigra

Piramus and Tisbe Legend How many people know about of this legend? Maybe not a lot, but this is one legend who created a lot of stories. For sure, you know Romeo and Juliet, well, that legend comes from here,…

The Honeydew in our Citrus Garden

Honeydew and Bees Balance and Time It’s always a question of time. Find the right time, invest enough time and search for a good time after a hard time. This is what we learned from bees and honeydew 🙂 What…