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Hungry Travelers is a casual record of our travels, the tastes we encounter, and our efforts to recreate them at home. Thanks for joining us on the journey.

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Food to bring home from Sicily
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  • cheese
  • Customs
  • Grocery stores
  • Italy
  • nuts
  • Sicily
  • US Customs

Food to bring home from Sicily

On an island where fresh food is prized, it’s not all that easy to discover foodstuffs to bring home. We persevered, nonetheless.

by Pat and David•April 15, 2026April 7, 2026
Ghiotta: A touch of Sicilian home cooking
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  • eggplant
  • eggs
  • Italy
  • recipe
  • Sicily

Ghiotta: A touch of Sicilian home cooking

We met native Sicilian Lena at the ancient Greek theater in Taormina. She clued us in to her family’s version of ghiotta with eggs.

by Pat and David•April 8, 2026March 30, 2026
Sicily rings in Easter with baked pasta
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  • Easter
  • Italy
  • Meat
  • pasta
  • recipe
  • Sicily

Sicily rings in Easter with baked pasta

The ring-shaped pastas called anelletti are characteristic of parts of Sicily. They’re key to an Easter timballo.

by Pat and David•April 1, 2026April 1, 2026
Sausage quest elicits timeworn beauty of Palazzolo Acreide
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  • Italy
  • pastry
  • sausage
  • Sicily

Sausage quest elicits timeworn beauty of Palazzolo Acreide

Slow Food honors Palozzolo Acreide for its traditional sausage, but that is just the beginning of the mountain town’s appeal.

by Pat and David•March 27, 2026March 27, 2026
Welcome to Sicily at Palermo’s Ballaro market
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  • Italy
  • market
  • Sicily

Welcome to Sicily at Palermo’s Ballaro market

Ballaro Market is a kind of street food paradise for people who like good unfussy Sicilan food. Best of all, you can eat at bargain prices.

by Pat and David•March 8, 2026March 8, 2026
‘Italian Coastal’ conjures tasty memories of land and sea
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  • cookbook
  • Italy
  • pasta
  • recipe

‘Italian Coastal’ conjures tasty memories of land and sea

This new cookbook from Amber Guinness highlights the coastal cooking along the Tyrrhenian Sea from Tuscany to Sicily.

by Pat and David•April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
Bar Enza’s breezy fare summons Italian summer
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  • Italy
  • Restaurants

Bar Enza’s breezy fare summons Italian summer

At Bar Enza, Tony Susi’s knowing approach to Italian food with local ingredients evokes the aura of summer on the coast of Italy.

by Pat and David•June 20, 2023June 17, 2023
Abruzzo means more than just Montepulciano
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  • Italy
  • Wine

Abruzzo means more than just Montepulciano

Abruzzo’s great red, Montepulciano, has some white wine counterparts that are every bit as interesting. Trebbiano is the leading white.

by Pat and David•November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
‘Serafina’ capitalizes on tender summer harvests
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  • cookbook
  • Italy
  • pasta
  • recipe

‘Serafina’ capitalizes on tender summer harvests

The Serafina restaurant empire stretches around the globe. This first cookbook by its founders shows the simplicity of its signature dishes.

by Pat and David•July 16, 2022July 8, 2022
Ligurian minestrone recalls tastes from the land of pesto
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  • basil
  • Italy
  • prawn
  • recipe
  • Soup

Ligurian minestrone recalls tastes from the land of pesto

Genoa, the capital of Liguria, is such a great place to eat that it even has its own strain of basil: the supremely aromatic Genovese.

by Pat and David•February 19, 2022February 18, 2022

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