Sicilian Girl

Tweet It seems to me that no sooner have the last of the trick-or-treaters gone home to sort out their bounty and I have polished off any remaining Halloween candy, that the holiday season is standing at the front door. Whether you are in a state of quiet calm or crazy chaos when you open […]

Tweet Fritters are essentially a mixture of ingredients that are either pan-fried or deep-fried. They can be breaded or battered and contain just about anything such as, fruit (apple fritters), vegetables (corn fritters) or a combination of rice and cheese, meat or seafood (arancini). There are also plain fritters that contain nothing at all and […]

Tweet This is a classic Sicilian vegetable dish. It can be prepared with spinach, chard, mustard greens (or any other leafy greens). Nutritious and delicious this recipe literally takes only minutes to prepare. The currants (or raisins) add just the right amount of sweetness, provide generous amounts of potassium and are full of antioxidants. Pine nuts […]

Tweet Some say this famous San Francisco specialty was devised by a San Francisco chef as a variation on the Italian frittata. Others insist it was created as an after-hours snack by dance-band musicians during the 1920’s. A third theory attributes the dish to miners who frequented the city’s riotous Barbary Coast district in the 1850’s. […]