The revival of a cathedral
Noto is an amazingly beautiful baroque town, nestled amongst the hills of the Val di Noto. The Noto of today, as so many other towns in this region, is a result of a long reconstruction effort after...
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A visit at Felice's
Our cookery season is back on track and the first course is near its end. A wonderful bunch of people that truly enjoy cooking, wine and taking in everything Sicily has to offer. One of our stops was...
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Tracing your roots back to Sicily
As LoveSicily we do not offer a specific family tracing service for those who want to trace their families back to Sicily, however, over the years we have helped a few people and have answered several...
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A Special Order of Mortadella
Walk into any food store in Italy today and you will find a dizzying array of prosciutto, salamis, and all sorts of other delicacies coming from all over Italy.However, just a few decades ago some food...
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San Giovanni in Sicily
Today we celebrate San Giovanni, Saint John day, with processions taking palce in many towns around Sicily. Just in the Province of Ragusa, where our cookery school is based, there are 4 processions,...
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Did you know a Sicilian guy created the first café in Paris in 1686, the...
I recently realized that many people in Sicily and abroad do not know that Sicilian born Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli is undoubtedly one of the most influential individuals in the history of gelato...
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Today in 1943, Allied troops landed in Sicily, code name: Operation Husky.
Today in 1943, naval gunfire helped Allied troops to land in Sicily. The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from...
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Sicilian Gelato on the Financial Times: Mary Taylor Simeti's article
The Financial Times "loves Sicily" again publishing a wonderful article on ice-cream entitled "The grandfathers of gelato" and written by Sicilian food historian Mary Taylor Simeti.read more
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Antiquarian Italian Cookery Books
I fell in love with a blog called On Food and Hostory published by Lynn Nelson, owner of Kitchen Garden Books & Antiques in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. I love and share her passion for old books and...
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