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Da Calogero : in the fiction this is the name of the most favourite trattorie by Salvo Montalbano. Here he meets Livia, her future girlfriend and shares delicious Sicilian lunch  with Mimì.. Ragusa Ibla - corso XVV th April  - trattoria La Rusticana

In Sicily they are called 'nsalore

 The Trattoria " da Enzo"  has really this name..more exactly "Enzo a mare". It's an old ,simple chalet on the  lovely beach at Punta Secca (Santa Croce Camerina), not far from  the house of the Inspector Montalbano....simple genuine food on the light blue of the Mediterranean It is still a location for the imminent episodes ....

I decided to read some articles, reviews about the Inspector Montalbano and its success in Great Britain.. Many English tourists now come to Sicily and  show curiosity about the movie-set where the Italian serial takes place.. Looking for on Internet I found this spot about Montalbano DVD on BBC4  Surely to watch Montalbano with subtitles is not the best!  What a  shame not to understand the funny and colourful local  linguistic  expression in Sicilian dialect which partly also makes the success of Montalbano.

What a lovely version of an home made lemon granita! Our friend Franzo did such a delicious surprise for dinner! Lemon granita covered with sweet fresh little strawberries and  tiny leaves of fresh mint !!!

colours of Sicily to dress your table!

in Ortigia: Aretusa looks for protection from Alpheo's love

I'm exausted! In these days students are coming back to school In a book shop I saw this lovely school agenda...( Il Diario ) TO choose the new diario was a nice thing to do with my friends. Everybody, among girls, was curios to see the others' agenda and then, through the school year fill it with drawings, puzzles of photoes, phrases, songs ...and homework (sometimes)  as well. If I were still at school, i think this would be my agenda!!!

Ortigia another heavy working day, but when the view is such a wonderful place, it makes everything easier...

Busulmona : XIXth  century farmhouse, once property of the  Cavaliere Sessa, today run by the family Di Pino. 5 km far from Noto it is immersed in a wonderful almond grove and carobs olives and all the colours of nature   make of this piece of Sicily a true paradise! It works as a B&B at the moment with only two bedroom, but it's also possible to have lunch tasting olive oil and almonds and wathever  what rigorously the family produce and cook for you!  Tranquillity, harmony, genuinity.. this are the things coming to my mind when I was there The name Busulmona , which is the name of all that area,comes from the Arabic and means the land of sun....  an extraordinary view  from the stone terrace on the Val di Noto, from Noto to Vendicari and Marzamemi... . for further information : www.busulmona.com

Che si mangia oggi? - Which lunch today?

Truly blessed to do shopping at the market in Ortigia: gorgeous!

What a fun to make an arancina ! In Palermo it's said that an arancina ha the shape of woman's breast  ( 'i minne in sicilian !) in Catania they say that an arancina  resembles the Etna, their volcano.. Who is right? Here Janet and Michael made their own arancina...... What's you favorite? for recipe visit the website  alessia smileand food Buon appetito!

"Chi va piano, va sano e va lontano"

The Main of Giorgio Armani is still there, into the blue waters of the Great harbour in Ortigia, the old Siracusa, but the Maestro   went away yesterday! For some years Armani has been visiting Siracusa every summer; he fell in love with my town, its blue sea, its food, its peopl when  he came the first time ,I think on 2005 and I was honoured to be his guide having the pleasure to tell him about us, Sicilian people. With great surprise, I discovered  that he had never been in Sicily before, although he used to spend some time in Pantelleria (my favourite sicilian island) in his beautiful dammuso he bought there more than 30 years ago. I still remember the excitement that day   and how before leaving home I looked myself and realized that I hadn't anything by Armani on!  I usually don't like to have griffes on me ..I really don't care, i simply buy what I like Armani  or not or a very cheap dress...but that day I had a bag by Byblos (a gift fr...