Bread Love and Fantasy, recalls the title of a famous film but in Sicily it acquires a very special meaning associated with the cuisine and the many ways of interpreting it. An island where cultures, histories and traditions intertwine, overlap but have a single, common thread-the island itself where ancient grains constitute one of the most authentic expressions. Four extraordinary varieties of wheat that tell a centuries-old bond with this land. Tumminia or Timilia flour, still processed by stone milling, lends itself to the creation of dishes that delight the palate, (you know when you start tasting but you sure won't know when and how to stop). Breads, Scacce, Vota Vota, Faccivecchia, Pizze, Pizzoli, delight the palate and....Wowww...

Bread (and more) Love and Fantasy

Sicilian cuisine has always been called the richest in specialties and the most scenic. The culinary art has been going on for more than two millennia and has been strongly influenced by the Greek, Phoenician, Byzantine, Arab, Norman, and Aragonese peoples... This mixture of different cultures have positively influenced enriched Sicilian identity. Sicily suffered from an excess of identity but was able to enhance and create a homogeneous gastronomic culture that made it famous throughout the world, ancient and modern, and Sicilian cooks were considered the most skilled around. The first cookbook is attributed to a Sicilian cook Miteco Siculo. The cuisine defined as poor evolved and became refined, refined, and the concept of hospitality a fundamental element of the Sicilian people.

Ancient Sicilian Cuisine: Art that Tells History

From East to West, traveling the Spice Route, Sicilian cuisine is full of traditions and novelties, foods blended into dishes unique in color and flavor, beautiful to see and good to taste. Ethnic cuisine combined with the mastery of the nuns who so jealously guard the secrets of their recipes, the ability of Sicilian women to seize these secrets creating spicy dishes with the aftertaste of an enchanting journey into the novels of A Thousand and One Nights. Once savored, you won't be able to do without them, and you too will want to discover the secrets that reach from the mouth to the head, to the heart and stay there. Tabulè, cous cous, white caponata, capuliato and pesto with almonds, pistachios, pine nuts and much more. Only by tasting can you understand what Sicily is, the beautiful one.

From East to West by traveling the Spice Route

Sicily is also Street Food, smells,flavors and colors that overwhelm friendly friends to cheerfully share an evening over a glass of local wine.

Let's Discover Sicilian Street Food

Maria Rita cooks with love for her Guests.Recipes handed down through generations with tricks that make her unique:Sicilian Caponata with toasted almonds, fish cuscús, sarde Beccafico with flavored potatoes, and cannolo with sheep's milk ricotta with pistachio granola.A dinner in an elegant dining room that Maria Rita takes care of in detail for an unforgettable event accompanied with a piano background.

A family dinner

Pasta in the Sicilian culinary culture, plays an important role.When we gather with family and friends, the dish par excellence is La Pasta...strictly handmade.During the course you will learn every secret and different ways of making pasta, with egg or only with water and flour.At the end you will taste pasta made with your own hands accompanied by a good local wine and seasoned with its traditional sauce but above all you will be able to prepare it at home with your family and friends.You will see how good it will be!!!

We roll out the dough at the home of a Sicilian Cesarina

You are invited to “Silvia's house", Sicilian smells and flavors await you. You will be hosted by my family in a welcoming environment. You will be able to observe firsthand the preparations of the dishes that we will all taste together.Mediterranean fish, lemon, cherry tomato, fresh spices, fresh ricotta…

Sicilian style

After a tour of the market, where we will buy fresh products of our choice, we will go to my home and cook together.It will be a pleasant lunch under the banner of typical Sicilian cuisine.