Insight Guides Sicily (Travel Guide eBook) by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Italy
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2023-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

Wine, not blood, runs through the patrician Lanza family veins. The Regaleali estate has belonged to the dynasty since 1830 and owns wineries here, as well as on Mozia, the Aeolian Islands and on the slopes of Mount Etna. Visitors are welcome at wine-tasting sessions over estate-produced nibbles (www.tascadalmerita.it). However, for a full foodie experience, try the Anna Tasca Lanza cookery school, also run by the wine-producing dynasty (www.annatascalanza.com). Until her death in 2010, Contessa Anna Tasca Lanza was the doyenne of Sicilian cooking, and author of several Sicilian cookery books. Fabrizia, her daughter, now runs the school, introducing her charges to chickpea fritters, unctious cannoli and marzipan sweets, often matched to estate wines. Beautifully set on the 550-hectare (1,360-acre) family property, the school makes use of the organic, locally grown vegetables, fruits and herbs. The courses feature field trips, tastings, lectures as well as outdoor tutorials. Well-known writers, chefs and other food experts are often invited to join the students and share their knowledge.

The Anna Tasca Lanza cookery school may be the best known in Sicily, but there are many others, ranging from simple farm-stay experiences to cooking with a chef in your villa. The city-based cookery courses tend to include a visit to a market to select the produce for lunch. The most highly rated is Cooking with the Duchess (www.butera28.it). Most upmarket tour operators and villa companies offer cookery and wine experiences, including Wish Sicily (www.wishsicily.com).

Teasingly known as “Ragusashire,” Ragusa province is a culinary hotspot and hosts some of the finest cookery experiences. In lovely Ragusa Ibla, you can cook with a Michelin-starred chef at Locanda Don Serafino (www.locandadonserafino.it) or do a wine-tasting with the sommelier. Instead, in the neighbouring town of Modica, the sweet-toothed can sample a chocolate tour and tasting at Bonajuto (www.bonajuto.it), the best-known artisanal chocolate-maker. The tour concludes with a tasting session of home-made biscuits, nougat (torrone) and a cold chocolate drink. If you prefer eating to cooking, then try a gutsy street food market tour in Palermo or Catania with Streaty (www.streaty.com).

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