The Food of SICILY
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What Italian region should we (virtually) explore next?
Hey great but what do we eat with these riceballs???
You keep cutting away when you bite into the food. I want to see the look on your face and in your eyes when you take the bite, not cut away, then back after you have swallowed. I can't eat solid food anymore, I have a gastric disease called gastroparesis, and it's bad enough that I'll likely have to give up even eating soup and mashed potatoes and rely solely on a feeding tube.
I lived in Boston for years, and I got to eat the best food the US has to offer. I miss Italian, it is my favorite, and Greek. I can still eat some Asian cuisine, I just don't have the means to buy sushi or Pho every day. I miss fresh sea food.
I enjoy your videos, and I was remembering the first time I tasted a cannoli. It was better than anything, it was this religious experience. If you live in Boston, you know about Mike's Pastry in the North End, which is where I had my first cannoli, and since no one else comes close, it was the ONLY place I can eat cannoli from. I remember my friends and I were walking, I'd lived in Boston a few months, and we had left Mike's (always packed with customers, with cars triple parked outside) and were walking through the streets back toward Faneuil Hall. We were each munching on whatever item we'd purchased, when I bit into my cannoli. All I know is that a block later m y friends stopped because I wasn't there. They called to me, and I didn't even hear them, they came back to where I was leaning against a building, eyes rolled up into the back of my head, having this transcendent, out-of-body experience of utter bliss. It was one of the most wonderful moments of my life. Seriously. I could not walk AND eat my cannoli. It deserved 100% of my attention. It just did.
So, please, don't cut out the moment you take that bite, and we see in your eyes and your face what effect the food has on you. Maybe it's more professional looking from an editing point of view, but all some of us will ever have is the look on your face when you take that bite.
(I feel like that scene in Cinema Paradiso when the priest watched all the movies that came to the town first and made the projectionist edit out all of the kisses) And another movie reference for you– I grew up in Utah which is truly the land of some of the worst food ever. Casserole abominations, made to feed families with 5+ kids, it's all fast food chains where Olive Garden is considered fine dining and the best Italian food and Dominos or Papa John's is the best pizza. It really is an affront to cuisine, and mom and pop restaurants are hard to find unless you live in Salt Lake or the historic center of Provo. When I moved to the East Coast, alone, just me and the dog and whatever I could fit in my car, I experienced great food for the first time. There is a scene in the movie Big Night, at then end, when the patrons complete what was at least a 12 course meal fit for the gods. As they all sit around the table, in various states of bliss and recovery, one woman is weeping. When asked, why, after eating such a feast, are you crying, her response was, "I just realized my mother was a horrible cook!" Weeping for all the time she had wasted on terrible food. My mom did her best, but believes meat isn't cooked unless it crunches, so, I get the character and her tears.
So please, stop editing out that first bite. Edit the rest, but give us the full reaction when you first savor that first bite. For some of us, it's the closest we can get to eating. I used to dream about eating meat. Now i dream about eating fresh fruit and veggies. Enjoy your food, and don't waste time on chain restaurants or fast food crap. Eat like every meal is your last.
Ciao da Palermo, mi piace la maglietta di Siracusa. A mia moglie, che è di Toronto, piacciono le arancine al burro.
Can she go deeper into wines she buys and what wines italians drink or cook with.
Would pig’s blood be next to chicken feet’s, duck back, or the alligator?
i swear…watching your videos is like a glimpse into the culinary cultures of where my ancestors were born. btw, sorry i havent been around more 🙂
Eva and Harper, can you do a show about authentic Italian spumone vs. Italian American spumoni ice cream? The spumoni I had as a child in the North End of Boston Massachusetts was very special, and I would love to know how Italians in Italy make this dessert. I think Eva should write a beautiful Italian cookbook! You are a wonderful Italian cook. I love watching your shows. You both are very special.
Eva Complimenti! Sei troppo brava! La cassata è un vero capolavoro.
My family lived near Catania, and I’ve spent years trying to recreate the ham and cheese arancini. It’s never the same without the Italian cheeses. The closest I’ve found is fontina. I miss popping in to the petrol station for a quick snack!
I really love all the videos! And Ava is super cute but I love Sicilian women 🤣
My favorite YouTube couple are getting the sponsorships!? 🤯🤑🤑🤑🥳 Awesome! You go guys! Build that brand! You deserve it!
She’s a pro! Amazing cooking this video!
OMG that cake looked amazing
Brava Eva,stai facendo imparare al mondo come si mangia
Time to open a restaurant.
What part of italy is your wife from?
Man, all 3 of these look like a lot of work! Sure they're worth it too 😎
SIMPLY STUPENDA! FROM A TRUE SICILIAN XXX
You should do an episode all about fried food, like olive fritte/crema fritta, pizza fritta, panelle…
Eva & Harper, this was MAGNIFICO ❣️❣️❣️❣️. I had arancini in Siracusa and it was never-to-be-repeated DELIZIOSO❣️❣️❣️. I have searched recipes, but was afraid to try making it until now; now that I’ve seen how it is to be prepared, thanks to you, I will give it a go. 💝💖💗. Also at this tiny deli in Siracusa, I had almond milk which was semi-frozen. Do you know how to make this??? LOVE , LOVE, LOVE your show❣️❣️❣️
Okay that does it! I'm going to Italy to find me a woman! Hahaha!
Hello Eva and Harper 🙂 I'm wondering if you know something like "globi"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvURMFzcIqc&list=PLIkaZtzr9JDkCHpSx2Kf2XWRcgqjClDff&index=8 It's seems very Italian…simple, looks great. Maybe there is some similiar dish? Greetings 🙂
Ohhhh, good Arancini are so awesome!! Those look perfect!
More Eva…..Less you….
I know them as Roman rice balls. They are ok. Nothing to write home to.
Basilicata region, its rustic and seldomly explored.
Cassata is my favourite…. But in malta we have a variant we call it sinizza…. Check it out Eva!
You are a VERY LUCKY MAN mister!!! YUM!!!!!
My favorite lunch since like…April….has been a caponata over rice. I make it on sundays and then I have enough for the week. I heat it until it’s just a little bit warm.
Had Arancini when we visited Taormina 😋😋😋😋 in 2018.
Pachino, my soon to be husband is from there. N I would love to learn to make something from there.
I would be very interested to see what Eva thinks of the 2nd version of this baked ziti recipe. Can she come up with something better?
Perhaps spice it up with Jamon Iberico?
Eva, what do you think?
https://youtu.be/lYrI6jbU6yU
I’m sure you would love an enormous book called “Il libro d’oro della cucina e dei vini di Sicilia” (The golden book of cuisine and wines of Sicily). It contains a very large portion of the traditional sicilian recepies (not all, it's nearly impossible…), from the most popular to the more hidden ones from all over Sicily. You can’t miss it!
When you revisit Sicilian foods again, please, please, please make a sfincione.
You really need to read "Coming Home to Sicily" by Fabrizia Lanza. She grabs you by the heart and tongue and plays with you gastronomically in the best of ways. The book reads like the best, great romananze siciliane and opens doors you would have never explored. It may be the most perfect and passionate Italian cookbook ever written as it brings back all that nostalgia that grasps you!. I reccomend it to anyone serious about food – and even to those who are not. Godi!!!
Un bel panino con la milza ci starebbe…