Monday, February 18, 2013

A trip to Sicily with Instagram



  
 
Cotonese cheese
 
Home cured olives
 
 
 
Goose eggs for frittata
 
 
Cousins
 

Almonds
 
Homemade cassata
 
 
Busiati

Rianata

Pasquarola
 
View from Erice onto Mount Cofano
 
Martorana (marzipan)
 
 
Pasta di mandorle

Arabic influence - The area's most popular dish

At the butcher
 
Carretto siciliano
 
Looking for a restroom?
 
 
Trapani center
 
Trapani's best cannolo

Pupi
 
 
Mura di Tramontana
 

Trapani's fish market

 
 
 


 
Trapani's famous salt

Marsala
 

Cannoli di Dattilo - larger than a grown man's hand
 
 

15 comments:

  1. Che invidia!!!! Pazzesca!!!!!

    Barbs

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  2. Stunning! I'd never heard of bussiati before - they look lovely!

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    1. Busiati are pretty typical of the Trapani area. They are made by wrapping the pasta around so-called "busi", a thin metal rod not unlike a knitting needle.

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  3. I admired your instagram photos of Sicily the other day. I have realtives living there and I have been to Sicily several times, I love it so much!

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    1. It must in some ways also remind you of your beautiful homeland, no?

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  4. Amazing! Thank you for taking me on your trip. What beautiful pictures!

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  5. Beautiful! Can you believe I lived in Italy for ten years and never made it down to Sicily? I feel like kicking myself every time I think of it.

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  6. What a beautiful series of photographs! And all through Instagram too! :D I'm hoping to visit Italy this year :)

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  7. Sicily looks beautiful. The scenery is just gorgeous xx

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  8. Transported! And now I want an artichoke along with dinner tonight. Thank you for sharing another dose of inspiration. I hope you are having a great week and are staying warm.

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    1. Thank you! I could eat an artichoke with dinner any night, I know what you mean...

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  9. Glad to see you are livin the life!!!

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  10. Love this! I'l have to add you on Instagram. I'm lokified on there :)

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