Sicilian Food Archives

Little big trip, from Mount Etna to Marzamemi

Posted on 05/06/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Going from Mount Etna to Marzamemi – a delightful seaside village that has become a tourist resort – doesn’t even take that long. Just over an hour on the highway is enough to find yourself from an environment of woods and rocks to one of the most beautiful beaches in Sicily! But we suggest you […]

How to make Arab Bread and how to eat it

Posted on 23/01/2023 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Over the centuries, the territory of Mount Etna has unfortunately lost almost every trace of Arab domination. A not very long historical period (it lasted about two centuries) which left wonderful works of art and engineering in a large part of Sicily. These works are still there, in western Sicily, but here on the east […]

Celebrating New Year’s Day with Etna liqueurs

Posted on 27/12/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

New Year’s Eve is just a few days away and the sparkling wine is already chilled in the fridge. But for once try to go beyond the traditions and … toast the new year with something different. Like, for example, a liqueur from Mount Etna. The area around the great Sicilian volcano has always been […]

Five things you might not know about Christmas on Mt Etna

Posted on 11/12/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Etna at Christmas is a show like few others in the world. You won’t always find snow there, because it often arrives in January, but even without the skiing season, experiencing the end-of-year celebrations on this volcano is exciting. There are many traditions that intertwine with the excursions and which allow you to get to […]

A Etna recipe: how to enhance chestnut honey

Posted on 14/11/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

A delicacy you often find on Mount Etna, thanks to the presence of many chestnut trees and the tradition of honey that has been handed down around the volcano for centuries. Chestnut honey is part of the sweet panorama of Etna typical food, even if not everyone knows about it. Its goodness is in fact […]