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Making Pasta con Sarde 🎣🐕‍🦺

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“If you want to eat fresh fish, you must not have a tight wallet” a  Sicilian Proverb Being an island Sicily has wonderful  Fish and Seafood , and when dining in restaurants you will find that the fish you are eating was caught that morning.  The city of Catania has wonderful markets and its  Pescheria  (Fish Market) is known as one of the most colourful in Europe.  In Sicily you will find an amazing choice of fish and seafood. The ones to look out for are  Pesce Spada  (Swordfish)  Tonno  (Tuna)  Aragosta  (Spiny Lobster)  Gambero Rosso  (Red Prawns) and Sarde (Sardines).  Sicilian  Pasta  dishes make use of the abundance of local produce that the island offers. A popular pasta dish is  Pasta con Sarde , which is made with sardines, fennel, pine nuts, raisins and anchovies.  If you are a fan of the Italian TV series Inspector Montalbano you will know that this is one of Salvo’s favourite dis...
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Sicilian Spring Flowers 🌼🌸🌺

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"The lemon groves and the orange gardens were entirely perfect" Oscar Wilde It is very hard to choose which is my favourite season in Sicily.  The great Irish poet Oscar Wilde loved Spring in Sicily.  At the moment we divide our time between London and Giardini Naxos and twice a year we drive with our dog Duke to our Sicilian home in Spring and Autumn and fly in for short breaks in Summer and Winter. Sicilian summers are not suitable for our dogs and their little English paws and winter is very quiet and most places are closed for the season, although it is a great time to have our town to ourselves. So we get the best of both worlds, Sicilian Spring and Autumn in Sicily and an English Summer and a traditional English Christmas in UK.  With temperature in mind the best time of year to visit Sicily is in April, May, June, September, October and November. Every season is beautiful even winter when you can ski on Mount Etna. Summer is wonderful but it is very hot in July and...
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