What are the best memories that you bring back home after a journey?
The flavours you’ve tasted, the scents that hypnotized you, the people you’ve met along the road.
This is the reason why we can say that Sicily is a remarkable, unforgettable journey itself.
We can say that Italy as a country is actually often referred to as an open-air restaurant, and Sicily is its main cornerstone, with food traditions that have been handed down through many centuries. What’s so special about this island’s cuisine? Everything. Tradition, ingredients, flavours, aromas, art; Sicilian regional cuisine is the result of two millenniums of history and cultures that were potentially antithetic and yet have mingled together and created an ante litteram Fusion cuisine that is now the modern Sicilian cuisine we all know. | |
The ingredients from which this peculiar cuisine gleans are wide, and all together they give birth to infinite concoctions and recipes. Another element that makes it all a little bit more special is the sea: as a parallel universe, the sea offers something that is irreplaceable and unique, something that shapes the identity of an entire group of people and their culinary habits. And then there are also other trademarks, products that the island gives effortlessly and that have made it unique and renowned all over the world: Nubia’s red garlic, saffron, Caciocavallo cheese from Palermo, Menfi artichokes, wild thistles, capers from Pantelleria, Giarratana onions, Bronte pistachios, Pachino tomatoes; and the list is infinite if we talk about the single specialties of every single county. This being a journey through taste, only by tasting the most typical products can one understand the true nature of Sicilian people, very complex in their inner essence well grasped by the words of writer Tomasi di Lampedusa from the novel “Il Gattopardo”: - “Sicilian people will never want to improve for the simple reason that they believe to be perfect.”- Now, no one can gloat about perfection as it is not a feature that you can pick out of a box, but Sicily has definitely something to gloat about when referring to its endless culture and tradition, that could compensate those of five nations. For this and many more reasons, we hope you will join us into this journey through taste, wherever in the world you might be. In our online food shop you will find all those typical ingredients that Sicily is so proud of, and that will make you instantly feel like you are there. Wine, pasta, sauces and cheese that we will deliver on your tables straight from the producers and that will make you experience all the beautiful features of this timeless island. Try our products out and send us your own recipes! Have a nice Monday! BOX MIX SICILIA |  |