(Awe)Some Day in Sicily
Stories featuring the beauty, splendor and local color of Sicily
One Revelate, Two Revelate, Three...
For most of our lives, Franca and I have tried to stay in control of our life’s direction and not let it choose the path for us. Strangely enough, the hurdles to that endeavor are substantial. All those things I wrote about last week: Finding the right job. Having
A Walk at Lo Zingaro
Lo Zingaro is a nature preserve in western Sicily, reached only on foot and offering some of the most beautiful coastal views on the island.
Happy Transumanza!
A Special Sunday-in-Sicily Edition of The Revelate: Donkeys, Part II
A Mayor, the Mafia, and Donkeys
What could a young mayor, the hoary Mafia, and an endangered breed of donkeys possibly have in common?
Eating Local
When we owned Alimentaire we sourced many of our ingredients from the local terroir. Doing that required a lot of effort, time, and expense, but we managed to do that pretty well. In Sicily, one doesn’t have to travel great distances to keep one’s diet to the local
Sicilian Pathways
Percorsi Siciliani It’s easy to find fault in the way the hinterland of Sicily is disconnected from the rest of the island. Driving conditions aren’t always ideal, with many hairpin turns, switchbacks, and even jaunts through what are probably private pastures or farmland. I’ve had many conversations
Out of this World
The oranges in Sicily are out of this world! Since the end of November, we’ve been greedily gobbling up these deliciously juicy and sweet fruits in a variety of ways. In any given week, we probably consume 3kg of oranges! We can look forward to enjoying them through the
Into Traffic
There is a street and on it the traffic is intense. Cars, Vespas, three-wheeled Apes zipping along, people passing on foot. Oblivious toward me, but not blind. They know I am there, they can see me through the window of the backseat of the car in which I am sitting
Slow, Simple and Superb
I know I spend a lot of time on this newsletter (and in person) calling attention to the many screwed up schemes the principal architects of policy, those shapers of society, these Masters of Mankind, use to conspire, engineer and bully us into believing and accepting the crappy way in
Raccolta delle Olive
How Olive Oil Gets Made: Branch to Bottle in Under 4 days We had the incredible experience last week to help some friends in Troina with their olive harvest. Like many things in Sicily, it was a family affair and because these are very special people with very special ways,
Meet Your New Neighbor, Food
There’s no question we need to do better when it comes to feeding a growing population. Kilometer Zero, a program started by the Slow Food Movement, has the potential to not only feed it but reshape the entire world.
The Sword of St. Michael
Does one dog and this small monastery ruin outside the town of Troina hold the key to the Norman conquest over the Arabs in Sicily?