Sarde alla Beccafico, a very old dish in Sicilian cuisine, is still popular today.  The dish is made with fresh sardines that are stuffed with toasted bread crumbs, currants, pignoli, cheese, and parsley.  The fish roll-ups are then baked in a casserole snuggled between bay leaves, orange, and lemon slices. The beccafico, a species of […]

Eggs in Purgatory or Eggs in Tomato Sauce is an easy dish to make for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.  This is a rustic dish in which eggs are poached in a simple tomato (marinara) sauce seasoned with onions, garlic, and basil.  For some reason unbeknownst to me, marinara sauce tastes better when made in a […]

Pasta with Anchovies and Toasted Bread Crumbs (muddica atturata) is one of the simplest pasta dishes to make in Sicilian cuisine.  The seasoning sauce (olive oil, garlic, and anchovy) takes 2 minutes to cook.  Dinner ready in 20 minutes or less (if you toast the bread crumbs ahead of time)!  How’s that for in a […]

My girlfriend Alison, who is of Greek ancestry, sparked the idea for this recipe.  She asked me if I had a roasted chicken recipe that was lemony and garlicky and had oregano in it.  Sicilians and Greeks are brothers in common for their love of lemon, garlic, and oregano.  I immediately thought of my recipe […]