Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

Photos - Cooking & Adventure on the Islands of Sicily

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Such great friends in Favignana that we make pizza and fresh ricotta cheese with in their private country home. Melissa and her mother Nancy, have been on many Culture Discovery Vacations. Throughout most of Italy. See you soon When available and in season, some guests are lucky enough to enjoy sea urchin caught fresh off the coast in Favignana. Making fresh cannoli from scratch on our Sicily cooking vacation classes in Italy Our guests make fresh sausages at one of our Italian Cooking Classes - Then we have them freshly cooked - So Delicious&# We stay in the cutest "Casitas" during our vacation week in Favignana, Sicily. Each place is wonderfully accom One of our alumni guests, Maita knows how to relax and have a great time while in the sun on the boat around Favignana. Gina made fast friends with this little guy - but then we fried him up and ate him with our amazing lunch on the boat&#x We make Pasticcini di Mandarle- Sicilian Almond Cookies at one of our cooking classes in Favignana, Sicily Enjoy some down time and soak in the sun at one of the many fantastic beaches of Favignana, Sicily. Our fishing boat appears to be floating on air, but is really in the crystal clear waters of Favignana, Sicily Sicilian busiate pasta is an amazing dish. Rich and complex in flavor, yet very accessible recipe to make yourself! Enjoy some down time and soak in the sun at one of the many fantastic beaches of Favignana, Sicily. Busiate pasta, a spring-like pasta is a Sicilian version of the more commonly known fusilli pasta. Michael and Ivan - longtime friends enjoying some fun and pasta on the boat in Favignana, Sicily We pay homage to our dear friend Pino who was a diamond in the rough. So many great memories and stories. We miss you&am Michele is one of our fisherman friends. He's the real deal, along with Rosario, these two show us some great times One of our boat captain, Michele's, wonderful and delicious fresh-catch sauté on the boat in Favignana, Sici We make these popular and delicious Sicilian Almond Cookies fresh from scratch during our Favignana cooking classes! Cara loves fresh-from-scratch almond cookies so much that we had to trade some wine for her to share them with us! Historic tuna cannery in Favignana harbor where the Florio family ran one of the largest fishing operations in Italy. The historic Florio Tuna Cannery in Favignana harbor is truly fascinating to see how the locals lived off the sea! Our boats take us to the beautiful Cala Rossa bay in Isola di Favignana, Sicily during our cooking and wine vacations. Arancini - Rice balls are a staple of Sicilian cuisine. We learn how to make them fresh on our cooking and wine tours Micheal and Gibarosso in this great photo from Gibarosso's country home in Favignana, Sicily. He was an original. After our fantastic morning out at sea, we bring our fresh catch to the market to sell to the locals. All in good fun&#x At Macelleria Campo in Valderice, we have an amazing time making fresh sausages and having a fantastic lunch there! Sicilian Almond cookies are delicious. We make them from scratch on our Favignana, Sicily vacation weeks. So Good! Guests learning about how Limoncello is made during our Limoncello class in Amalfi, Italy. Our guests have an amazing experience learning to cook authentic Sicilian and other Italian recipes. Great photo of our guest appearing to do a lot of heavy lifting. We do harvest salt - but not all of that! Having some fun exploring and wine tasting at a winery in Marsala, Sicily. Another Culture Discovery exclusive event where we harvest honey, fresh from the hives and then take home our own jars&a Fun beyond compare while we harvest salt at the saline in Trapani, Sicily - Truly a unique experience! Not all Italian cooking happens indoors. In Sicily, a lot of great cooking happens outside on the grill. The founders of Culture Discovery Vacations, Michael and Paola enjoying some time on the boat with guests in Favignana. Our guests have an incredible time learning to cook authentic Sicilian dishes, like Arancini. Homemade, Sicilia Our guests are treated to some local seafood delicacies, seaside near the hotel. Truly an immersive experience! Fresh Sicilian tomatoes! We use exclusively in this delicious Busiate pasta dish made from scratch in cooking class While out on our early morning fishing excursion, we see the most spectacular sunrises in Favignana, Sicily. Busiate is a wonderful Sicilian pasta similar to fusilli. It's a fantastic pasta that holds sauces wonderfully deli We never know what we're going to reel-in from the sea. This time it was lobster! So, lets make pasta!