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Seeing White in Sicily

Jann — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:11:42 +0000

Throw away your black glasses, guys, and get with the program...

Milked in Sicily

Jann — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:14:24 +0000

Yes, Sicily has changed me. I hang out my wash, speak in pantomime, keep odd Sicilian hours, wear D&G spectacles, tolerate absurdity. And knock back raw milk...

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A Cannolo to Die For

Jann — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:48:27 +0000

I have met the enemy, and he is the cannolo...

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In Sicily, Real Men Carry Purses

Jann — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:50:20 +0000

Who's that man with the sweet-smelling basil bouquet? It's Ciccio Sultano, local hero, 2-Michelin-star chef at Ibla's Duomo restaurant. But wait, what's that strappy thing hanging around his person? Could it be ... a purse?

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Restoring a Damp House in Sicily, Part 13

Jann — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:27:15 +0000

I'm furnishing my home with trash...

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Love on a Sicilian Beach

Jann — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:10:10 +0000

Love has no uttermost, as the stars have no number and the sea no rest...

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Yonkers, Sticki, e Dixi

Jann — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:10:23 +0000

August 10, 2010

Where I come from, junk food is considered a major food group and obesity a national emergency. Italians make fun of our junk-food fetish, calling us—kind of cruel, don’t ya think?—culoni, big butts.

Italians believe they’re eating a healthy Mediterranean diet. Take a look in an Italian hypermarket, though, and you’ll see aisles brimming with

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Sicilians in Speedos

Jann — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:22:43 +0000

I got a little pile of emails and comments about proper beach attire for men a few blogs ago, so I decided to pursue the topic...

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Five-Minute Sicilian Gelo di Limone

Jann — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:45:33 +0000

This is the easiest dessert you can imagine and so very Sicilian...

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Don Juan in Sicily

Jann — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:38:16 +0000

I pick up Signor Giovanni at the beach, on the golden shores of the Ionian...

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Sicilians: Pretty in Purple

Jann — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:13:05 +0000

Everyone's doin' it. Wearing viola, that is. Someone up North in Milano must have recently decreed that the masses wear purple...

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Sicilians Hit the Beach

Jann — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:59:39 +0000

Sicilians love their mare in summer. There's been a mass exodus from inland towns; everyone's at the beach for a few months. The odd thing is that when Sicilians "go on vacation," they travel in a herd, with all their friends and neighbors...

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Restoring a Damp House in Sicily, Part 12

Jann — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:00:01 +0000

A working kitchen has finally emerged from the rubble like a phoenix rising. After two nail-biting years...

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Sweeping, Weeping in Sicily

Jann — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:41:52 +0000

The street sweepers here wear suits bright as orange rind and dance with twig brooms...

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Tonno con Cipolle: Lunch for One

Jann — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:22:02 +0000

I'm trying to learn the Sicilian art of slow living, so my Sicilian self often has a leisurely hot lunch at midday. Today's was exceptional. Made by moi for moi.

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