pasta bianco natale – white christmas pasta

Posted on December 21, 2014 by hungryenglishman — 1 Comment ↓

I’m not going to pretend this is Sicilian in the sense that it’s part of the Sicilian tradition. Mascarpone and butter are hardly used at all this far south. Mascarpone for tiramisù, butter for arancini al burro. And that’s about it. No, this is Sicilian in the sense that I learnt it here in Sicily and that it was invented by two Sicilians (I can only lay claim to the name). That’s good enough for Continue Reading →

the skiver’s pizza – pizza da fannullone

Posted on November 7, 2014 by hungryenglishman — 3 Comments ↓

Urban Dictionary offers the following definition of skive: “Doing anything but that which you are supposed to be doing during a specific time frame, e.g., pretending to do something for which you are being paid, such as your job, but instead doing other things (like having a laugh, phoning your friends, hiding from your boss, surfing the internet, playing computer games, having a sly cigarette).” Ok, so I’ve done some, probably all of those things Continue Reading →