Description: Regional food, recipes and culture from a personal perspective. I am a Sicilian-born, lived in Trieste and now Australia & frequent visitor to Italy and Sicily.
sicily (304) trieste (237) italian culture (32) sicilian food (12) italian regional cooking (1) australian context (1)
Special emphasis on Sicilian recipes within Italian regional cuisine in an Australian context
I really like winter vegetables, the variety is immense, the quality outstanding.
Winter vegetables include: artichokes, Asian greens, avocado, beans, beetroot, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cardoons, carrot, catalogna , cauliflower, cavolo nero, celeriac, celery, chicory, cime di rapa , cucumber, daikon, endive, fennel, kale, Kohl Rabi, lamb’s lettuce, leek, lettuces, mushrooms, okra, onion, parsnip, potato, pumpkin, radicchio , radish, rocket, shallots, silverbeet, spinach, spring onions, swede, sweet potato, turnip, watercress and witlof.